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RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'
Unrealistic - who today uses an unprotected PC?
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Pity that...  kriskl | 11/13/07
i doubt it  dansen926 | 11/13/07
Well, Gee lets see  Crestview | 11/14/07
Are you for real?  will.hunt.007@... | 12/26/07
Reeks of trying to promote Vista  PI_z | 11/15/07
I went Gnu/Linux Ubuntu instead  Free-BooteR | 11/15/07
Then obviously you have missed the whole point.  GuidingLight | 11/15/07
That would be the cover story of choice but who Knows! - NT  raycote | 11/15/07
Windows has bulletproof security ...  fr0thy | 11/16/07
Last Hurrah?  clivebrookes@... | 11/19/07
Reeks of trying to promote Vista  ronw1@... | 11/28/07
Vista or...  mscir@... | 12/08/07
The reason they tried SP1 unpatched...  Boomslang | 12/17/07
Hack Vista  ceh4702 | 01/03/08
Service Pack 1 ?  magcomment | 11/13/07
I think they are trying to see that the majority of PCs are setup like this  Been_Done_Before | 11/13/07
i disagree...  brokndodge@... | 11/13/07
WIFI Bandits  ceh4702 | 01/03/08
Very poor demo? Not as bad as ...  netuzer | 11/13/07
FUD  ajv123 | 11/16/07
McRosoft security video  fr0thy | 11/16/07
But of course...  Qbt | 11/13/07
Clueless?  davidsarmstrong | 11/13/07
Look internally for your hacker.  dbisse@... | 11/14/07
url?  mscir@... | 12/08/07
url?  Hyperion1961@... | 01/04/08
As one of your so-called "Clueless Ones"....  drprod@... | 11/14/07
BY JOVE, SOMEONE FINALLY GOT IT!!!  mac0252 | 11/15/07
Some people can't read.  Rndmacts | 11/16/07
Sure  ajv123 | 11/16/07
I agree  jtew@... | 12/18/07
All your systems belong to ... apparently anyone!  nomoremicrosoft | 11/13/07
See George's post below (nt)  ShadeTree | 11/13/07
re: All your systems  Badgered | 11/13/07
Any unpatched system is worthless.  tracy anne | 11/15/07
Evidently you don't know much about Windows  timmeh64 | 11/14/07
Unpatched  tracy anne | 11/15/07
You should actually READ the story  Crestview | 11/14/07
No he probably loves his dog  fr0thy | 11/16/07
If you knew my dog...  davagain | 11/28/07
Your comment  jtew@... | 12/18/07
Not exactly a fair test  Chad_z | 11/13/07
that's why you gotta be...  dansen926 | 11/13/07
Indeed  tracy anne | 11/15/07
Crying all the way  Yagotta B. Kidding | 11/13/07
Dood...  dracolich_prgrm | 11/13/07
Amen, Amen, Amen.  Tubaplayr | 11/14/07
Disgruntled employees  jtew@... | 12/18/07
Exactly.... wrong  Crestview | 11/14/07
Subtlety must be foreign to you...  Rbust0 | 11/15/07
which part of this is a news to anybody?  vgrig | 11/13/07
Publicity Stunt, you bet  xrxca | 11/13/07
huh... no one in my neighborhood seems to know it...  brokndodge@... | 11/13/07
Fully patched Mac hacked this year  georgeou | 11/13/07
Not news, it's history  magcomment | 11/13/07
Yes, but the hole was plugged and there are no active exploits...  olePigeon | 11/13/07
olePigeon how do you know that real hacker don't tell everything  SO.CAL Guy | 11/13/07
don't be too sure of yourself!  dansen926 | 11/13/07
Curious how you equate that to news?  ju1ce | 11/13/07
Bad Post George  TheBoyBailey | 11/13/07
Ou is "The New Dvorak"!  dropzone@... | 11/14/07
Becauuuuse, it's about as much "news"  James T. Kirk | 11/13/07
After they 'relaxed the rules'  RealNonZealot | 11/13/07
How do you think most exploits come through?  georgeou | 11/13/07
haha  iMouse | 11/13/07
IF you're not an Apple Fanboy...  1stcyberian | 11/15/07
Go easy on M$ fanbois like Ou...  comp_indiana | 12/06/07
Windows XP systems, firewall quandries . . .  Computer_User_1024 | 11/13/07
Building awareness  HooNoze | 11/13/07
Even when hiring experts..  ju1ce | 11/13/07
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  Loverock Davidson | 11/13/07
Flawed Article and Flawed Research?  ju1ce | 11/13/07
Yes  Loverock Davidson | 11/13/07
Maybe true for Windows ...  davidsarmstrong | 11/13/07
And true for other OS's  Loverock Davidson | 11/13/07
thats what firewalls on the router are for!!!(NT)  brokndodge@... | 11/14/07
Funny  davidsarmstrong | 11/14/07
TElnet  davidsarmstrong | 11/14/07
No  putt1ck | 11/14/07
LOL!  thx-1138_@... | 11/15/07
I can't believe I'm defending MS!  davagain | 11/28/07
Telnet in Linux  Computer_User_1024 | 11/14/07
Further more re: Linux ports. . .  Computer_User_1024 | 11/14/07
Obviously knows nothing about Linux  tracy anne | 11/15/07
hacking  voska | 11/13/07
You have not!  ShadeTree | 11/13/07
huh?  voska | 11/13/07
Were you in the room when it happened?  mdemuth | 11/13/07
I've done it myself, it's simple  voska | 11/13/07
Just to point out  voska | 11/13/07
VMware appliance  johnf76@... | 11/13/07
i've done it too!  dansen926 | 11/13/07
Ours were hacked  davidsarmstrong | 11/13/07
Netcat The Swiss Army Knife Of Hacking  chessmen | 11/14/07
Yea U think so  Krazyken39 | 11/14/07
People like you  Crestview | 11/14/07
And in another demo...  RocketEater | 11/13/07
Yeah, what he said!...  Media-Ted@... | 11/14/07
Reverse power surge  THEE WOLF | 11/13/07
Err...  dracolich_prgrm | 11/13/07
shouldn't be too hard...  brokndodge@... | 11/14/07
Reverse power surge - how to get???  serioussam2x4@... | 12/30/07
Pity they didn't try an OS from the last 5 years  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/13/07
Astonishing though it is...  bmerc | 11/13/07
the point is ...  brokndodge@... | 11/14/07
Fools abound, that is true.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/14/07
Wouldn't matter  voska | 11/13/07
Interesting  saggy | 11/14/07
Not new OS but used OS  sysop-dr | 11/13/07
Has nothing to do with Vista  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/14/07
Or ...  thx-1138_@... | 11/14/07
"hourse whipped"?  nizuse | 11/19/07
How to Secure Ubuntu7.10  mscir@... | 12/08/07
Yep  thx-1138_@... | 11/15/07
Disagree on one point  CobraA1 | 11/28/07
Message has been deleted.  itanalyst | 11/13/07
Message has been deleted.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/14/07
Message has been deleted.  itanalyst | 11/14/07
Wow, shocking... NOT!  Larsix | 11/13/07
Fighting the last war  tigerg2002us@... | 11/13/07
Requiring Antivirus...  TucsonGuy | 11/13/07
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  Basel 101 | 11/13/07
RE: This is not news :P  dansen926 | 11/13/07
Not very useful info  davidr69 | 11/13/07
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  Don't Ask Me | 11/13/07
no!!!!! i never wanted to be a slave!  dansen926 | 11/13/07
Newly installed OS  mcaprio_z | 11/13/07
Plan ahead  TucsonGuy | 11/13/07
No Firewal!?!?!?!?!  Heatlesssun1 | 11/13/07
With or Without, doesn't matter  davidsarmstrong | 11/13/07
Well...  dracolich_prgrm | 11/13/07
Sounds to me..  3D0G | 11/14/07
Admin  davidsarmstrong | 11/15/07
So in other words...  3D0G | 11/15/07
So why only the Windows Boxes?  davidsarmstrong | 11/21/07
Users don't run as root in Linux.  CobraA1 | 11/28/07
Yes and no  CobraA1 | 11/28/07
Typical when you run as Root or Administrator...  Boomslang | 12/17/07
Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  morph000 | 11/13/07
Sussed  Dr.C | 11/14/07
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  Farrell.McGovern | 11/13/07
Wowing the idiots with the phrase SCRIPT KIDDIES  billjacobus1 | 11/13/07
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  eagleau2003@... | 11/13/07
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  excrementologist@... | 11/13/07
PDF  ceh4702 | 11/13/07
Duh!  fr0thy | 11/16/07
LOL  kokuryu | 11/13/07
Wireless...with ABSOLUTELY NO protection confused .......  btljooz | 11/13/07
Huh?  dracolich_prgrm | 11/13/07
If you REALLY have to ask  btljooz | 11/14/07
re: wireless with no protection...  Computer_User_1024 | 11/14/07
That's precisely WHY  btljooz | 11/14/07
Yes SP1  hisfool@... | 11/13/07
XP SP1  Computer_User_1024 | 11/14/07
Simple solution to Granny's ignorance:  btljooz | 11/14/07
re: "Granny's Ignorance"  Computer_User_1024 | 11/14/07
Are you talking about  btljooz | 11/15/07
The "Granny"  Computer_User_1024 | 11/28/07
Paranoia??? I'd rather be paranoid than  btljooz | 11/29/07
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  walkerjian@... | 11/13/07
Solution to patching off-line  Computer_User_1024 | 11/28/07
SP1 still alive and well...  jrf2027@... | 11/13/07
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  junkmail@... | 11/13/07
Someone has to reach the old ?pre ADSL? crippled machines.  alvinfinch@... | 11/13/07
FUD again  tonymcs@... | 11/13/07
That was the point I tried to make above happy  btljooz | 11/14/07
...  dimonWar | 11/13/07
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  texascryptid@... | 11/13/07
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  jackofalltradesmasterofnone | 11/13/07
XP-Intrusions  jackofalltradesmasterofnone | 11/13/07
Non issue? Disagree  TG2 | 11/13/07
What is this?  John Musbach | 11/13/07
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  fourijm@... | 11/13/07
What a good deal of Windows XP users don't realize . .  Computer_User_1024 | 11/13/07
If you think THAT is bad, what do you think of this confused  btljooz | 11/14/07
re: NSA KEY  Computer_User_1024 | 11/14/07
Are you really surprised?  mscir@... | 12/08/07
No. ...True. Highly Likely. No. N/T.  btljooz | 12/28/07
Wireless networks  Computer_User_1024 | 11/14/07
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  kmashraf | 11/14/07
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  atari8bit@... | 11/14/07
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  Nannuu | 11/14/07
Besides being informative  Boot_Agnostic | 11/14/07
Again ZDnet  Krazyken39 | 11/14/07
This is news?  DCMann | 11/14/07
Encouraging Or Frightening  Sickthing | 11/14/07
Microsoft execs call XP Hack a great path to Vista!  Timpraetor | 11/14/07
Can't WEP keys be cracked in just a few minutes now?  mscir@... | 12/08/07
Extremely Good point!!! Thank you. n/t  btljooz | 12/28/07
Not as unlikely as you think...  Commochief | 11/14/07
This all depends on your setup  erniem1970@... | 11/14/07
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  jackduffie | 11/14/07
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  miles2go_2000@... | 11/14/07
SERVICE PACK 1? Thats OLD !!!  JABBER_WOLF | 11/14/07
Scared to Death, yeah right  gwbs4@... | 11/14/07
Just a Designed Ploy to sell Vista  support@... | 11/14/07
I agree this is a problem.  support@... | 11/14/07
Frightening  brichter | 11/14/07
Ok I admit...  dbisse@... | 11/14/07
Vista to the rescue!  jscarey | 11/14/07
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  catseverywhere@... | 11/14/07
Gut Reaction  TSEG72351@... | 11/15/07
Handicapped PC  Axotls | 11/15/07
Exactly!  thx-1138_@... | 11/15/07
RE: ROFL  onedavester@... | 11/15/07
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  Sheeva | 11/15/07
You must have some very old apps  willpd13 | 11/16/07
Wrong  Sheeva | 12/06/07
MS Calls Security Holes Frightening!!!!!!  cam@... | 11/15/07
A burn  Louis.Ross@... | 11/16/07
I think you are missing the big picture!  Patrick_m | 11/15/07
Microsoft is Scary  amahanna | 11/15/07
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  echodelta@... | 11/15/07
The real revelation  rotvic | 11/15/07
Velly Intelesting  vvbs@... | 11/15/07
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  Vampyrick | 11/15/07
Thanks for mentioning Clean Access  mscir@... | 12/08/07
Hacking an unpatched system with no anti-virus,firewall, etc....WHAT!!!!!!  mikemc3@... | 11/15/07
Currently relevant  clb1017 | 11/15/07
Article Misnamed  thx-1138_@... | 11/15/07
Worthless Test!  XweAponX | 11/16/07
Deserves!!  wez@... | 11/18/07
My thoughts exactly*  hidalgod@... | 11/16/07
What does this say about the quality of MS software?  FlatAffect | 11/20/07
Never connect to unsecured wireless  CobraA1 | 11/28/07
I agree  Computer_User_1024 | 11/28/07
I've been using AVG and Spybot S&D.  CobraA1 | 11/28/07
Router recommendation?  mscir@... | 12/08/07
Simple answer:  btljooz | 12/28/07
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  DWFRIEND@... | 11/28/07
reads a lot  merc2dogs` | 11/28/07
Think first then speak  denbid@... | 11/28/07
Nice Post  mscir@... | 12/08/07
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  rinie@... | 11/28/07
M$ ecex frightened? I'm frightened  waldoalvarez00@... | 12/04/07
They don't pay us enough to know those things  Chiatzu | 12/13/07
Ummmmm ....  koala1515 | 12/13/07
That is a funny story  Haas | 12/13/07
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  ivan.massey@... | 12/13/07
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  phatkat | 12/13/07
Not really PhatKat  XweAponX | 12/13/07
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  ZenaPrincess | 12/27/07
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  itibble@... | 01/03/08
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  c4kays@... | 01/03/08
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  kmumme | 01/03/08
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  atari8bit@... | 01/07/08
RE: Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'  quark@... | 01/17/08

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