And So it Starts, the First Security Issues with Windows 7
Nov 16, 2009 | 1:20 pm
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And So it Starts, the First Security Issues with Windows 7
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec...ry/977544.mspx
From ZD Net
Microsoft has issued a security advisory to acknowledge a crippling denial-of-service flaw affecting its newest operating systems — Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Exploit code for the vulnerability was released by researcher Laurent Gaffié after failed attempts to get Microsoft’s security response center to acknowledge that this was an issue that needs to be patched (SEE UPDATE BELOW).Following the publication of Gaffié’s exploit, Microsoft swiftly released Security Advisory 977544 with pre-patch mitigations and a confirmation that the “detailed” code could provide a roadmap for hackers to cause Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 systems to stop responding until manually restarted.
Betting Apple is taping the commercials now.....
From ZD Net
Microsoft has issued a security advisory to acknowledge a crippling denial-of-service flaw affecting its newest operating systems — Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Exploit code for the vulnerability was released by researcher Laurent Gaffié after failed attempts to get Microsoft’s security response center to acknowledge that this was an issue that needs to be patched (SEE UPDATE BELOW).Following the publication of Gaffié’s exploit, Microsoft swiftly released Security Advisory 977544 with pre-patch mitigations and a confirmation that the “detailed” code could provide a roadmap for hackers to cause Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 systems to stop responding until manually restarted.
Betting Apple is taping the commercials now.....
Nov 16, 2009 | 2:42 pm
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Hopefully they'll also mention the six Apple vulnerabilities announced last Wednesday (or the 47 from September - http://www.product-reviews.net/2009/...ones-and-macs/)
Nov 16, 2009 | 2:48 pm
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Hopefully they'll also mention the six Apple vulnerabilities announced last Wednesday (or the 47 from September - http://www.product-reviews.net/2009/...ones-and-macs/)
in fact just one of the security fixes was for Snow Leopard, this fixed the previous Flash issue which meant users were left running an insecure out of date version of the software.