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U.S. says Windows vulnerable to attack

xStainDx   on 03 August 2003 - 14:08 · 9 comments & 1183 views

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The federal government says there is new evidence that an attack is being planned on computers using Microsoft's Windows.

The Department of Homeland Security issued an updated advisory this week about possible hacker attacks on computers running Microsoft operating systems. The advisory warns that several working exploits are now in widespread distribution on the Internet.

"These exploits provide full remote system level access to vulnerable computers," the advisory states.

Microsoft issued a patch to plug the hole two weeks ago.

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News source: C|NET News


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#1 divertom15 on 03 Aug 2003 - 14:55
LAMO if the department of homeland security is going to protect us by warning us about things that have already been taken care of. Then ied rather have my tax money go to something better
#2 dARKSTAr on 03 Aug 2003 - 15:31
Somewhat ironic that this story appears after the 'Attack bot exploits Windows flaw' and 'Windows.com suffers outage' stories.
#3 Genesi on 03 Aug 2003 - 22:31
Freaky, old news but freaky espically after seeing Terminator 3. Good movie though.
#4 trance on 04 Aug 2003 - 01:54
What nobody seems to remember is that this flaw has been around since NT4. It hadn't been found in what, 7-8 years??? Obviously if it were that dangerous it would have been found a long time ago. And now that MS has released the patch and everyone and their dog is advising to patch their systems, if there is an attack, it is nobody's fault but the people who didn't patch it.
#5 aleks on 04 Aug 2003 - 03:04
Whats new?

#6 VorlonW2K on 04 Aug 2003 - 07:08
It's all pretty ironic. First, our great homeland protector is dealing with such issues. Second and even better they have selected windows for their desktops, not sure about servers. So here we are they select the OS which they are now so nervous about alerting everyone has such potential hacking issues.
Tut tut tis true, only a government organization could create such a deal.
Just a bummer for us who have to foot the bill, and I don't mean Mr. Bill on his way to the bank.
#7 Jon on 04 Aug 2003 - 11:04
U.S. says Windows vulnerable to attack < Well isn't the US smart

"UK Says Earth has People on it"

hm
(1 reply) #8 xSuRgEx on 04 Aug 2003 - 21:20
we all know windows is inscure but we all continue to use this security hole plagued O/S.
prehaps microsoft should employ some hackers to help program properly.
#8.1 JaggedFlame on 05 Aug 2003 - 00:42
Alright, bud, go find that OS that's perfect and isn't insecure.

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