2003-07-16
It's not time for April fools yet is it?
*New! Improved! Microsoft Security Flaws!* (1)
*New! Improved! Microsoft Security Flaws!* (2)
Excerpts:
'At the product's launch in late April, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer declared the new version of Windows to be a "breakthrough in terms of what it means, in terms of its built-in security and reliability."
The flaw, discovered by researchers in western Poland, also affected Windows versions popular among home users.
"This is one of the worst Windows vulnerabilities ever," said Marc Maiffret, an executive at eEye Digital Security Inc. of Aliso Viejo, Calif., whose researchers discovered similarly dangerous flaws in at least three earlier versions of Windows.
Some experts said they expected hackers to begin using this new vulnerability to break into computers within months. Even without detailed blueprints from researchers, hackers typically break apart the patches Microsoft provides for clues about how to exploit a new flaw. '
Crapola software is apparently good enough for Homland Security however:
