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Re: Advisory: Windows Platform Widely Vulnerable to Attack
Posted by: Robyn Weisman 2003-08-02 17:26:32

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued an updated advisory entitled "Potential for Significant Impact on Internet Operations Due to Vulnerability in Microsoft Operating Systems." The warning listed all the major iterations of Windows server platforms as well as client-side Windows XP. The advisory said that, while the department has not yet encountered any disruptions, several "working exploits" that would grant complete remote system access to affected computers are now being distributed across the Internet.

Re: Advisory: Windows Platform Widely Vulnerable to Attack
Posted by: aergern 2003-08-02 17:28:02 In reply to: Robyn Weisman

Yep. And the week before the DHS sends out this alert they bought millions of dollars worth of said vulnerable software. Some Homeland security eh?

Re: Advisory: Windows Platform Widely Vulnerable to Attack
Posted by: ctene 2004-10-31 23:11:40 In reply to: aergern

LOL - Yeah, I'd feel really safe about my economy if I was a U.S. citizen - lucky I'm in Canada and I'm using UNIX / Linux / Mac OS X - ONLY :P LMAO