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Posted in Security, Vista 7, Windows at 7:57 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Sink or leak
Summary: Intel migrates only about 3% of its workforce to Vista 7; many of the rest use an operation system with a “built-in” vulnerability that compromises designs/trade secrets
TRUTH be told, neither Vista 7 nor Windows XP proved to be secure (references gathered at the bottom). Here is where Windows users are at, based on the latest news:
• Intel: Just 3,000 employees run Windows 7 (Intel’s problems with Vista 7 were covered here earlier this month)
=> ↺ Intel: Just 3,000 employees run Windows 7 | ↺ Vista 7 | covered here earlier this month
Despite the firm’s rapid turnaround of PCs and its very public partnership with Microsoft, Bryant said that so far it had shifted just 3,000 of its 80,000 plus employees onto Windows 7.
• Windows XP’s built-in Wi-Fi Security Hole
=> ↺ Windows XP’s built-in Wi-Fi Security Hole
I noticed that I kept seeing “Free Public Wifi” APs (access points) showing up. I assumed it was someone trolling for innocents wanting to be infected with malware. I was wrong. It’s actually a much more interesting Windows XP security flaw.
• Botnet takedowns ‘don’t hurt crooks enough’
=> ↺ Botnet takedowns ‘don’t hurt crooks enough’
The takedowns of the Mariposa and Waladec botnets last week were victories for the good guys, but security experts warn that although cybercrooks suffered a bloody nose they collectively retain the upper hand in their ongoing conflict with law enforcement and its security industry allies.
The author completes this article without mentioning Windows! Time for an awareness campaign? We’re working on it. █
Related posts:
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