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Latest IE Hole Lets Gopher Root You
rvaniwaa writes "Another hole in internet explorer has been discovered. This hole allows a hacker to root a user's computer whenever the user clicks on a gopher link. All versions of IE are affected and a Microsoft spokesman stated that the company is "moving forward on the investigation with all due speed""
Let the "gopher hole" jokes begin.
"hostile Gopher site"? Ouch ... I think shall wear kevlar underpants while using IE in future.
From the article:
In January, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates instructed employees to make software security a top priority.
Yeah, looks like everythings moving full steam ahead on that front.
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One of us needs to stick ones' head in a bucket of ice water.
- Hobbes
"Where do you want to gopher today?"
"I smell varmint poontang, and the only good varmint poontang is dead varmint poontang, I think."
Well you can't expect Microsoft to keep up with all these new technologies and formats!
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Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things.
Obligitory reference to story posted earlier today...
'Think Tank' Issues Microsoft-Funded Troll
According to this ZDNet article, a Washington think tank known as the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution is soon to release a study stating that Open Source Software allows terrorists an easy time hacking into our systems. It's little suprise that this group takes money from Microsoft." The Register's story is good too. All the whoring reports in the world won't make open source any less secure.
Everybody knows terrorists love to target Mozilla users by sending them links which causes there system to email Star Office attachments to everybody with payloads that will delete all your OGGs and PNGs by exploiting security holes in Sendmail.
"Communism is like having one [local] phone company " - Lenny Bruce
certainly more applicable to the concept of fixing security holes in Microsoft software.
FYI: Whack-a-Mole is an old arcade game where you hold a padded mallet facing a slightly inclined surface with a half-dozen or so holes. Periodically a little mole pops up from a hole, and you try to whack him before he goes back down on his own. A little bit like playing XBill, only in the Real World.
The living have better things to do than to continue hating the dead.
A Microsoft spokesman who refused to be identified said Tuesday that the company is "moving forward on the investigation with all due speed" and will take the action that best serves its customers.
Since when did M$ start offering downloads of Mozilla?
I stole this Sig
Thats what sucks about windows, you can't say that you rooted some one. Saying "I AMINISTRATORED YOU!" just doesnt sound cool.
Hacker Media
Microsoft: Now with more exploited holes than a two-dollar hooker.
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gopher://gopher.URr00t3d.ru
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
Just because nobody uses something legitimately, it doesn't mean that nobody will use it maliciously.
The best thing about Windows?
It forced me to learn to spell 'administrator.'
Kinda like how FTP forced me to learn to spell 'anonymous.'
Or somthing.
Moneyed corporations, non-working 'poor' and criminal prisoners are turning productive citizens into tax-slaves.
$5 / month hosted VPS on linux = awesome!
I found it humorous that in the "Special Offers" Box there was a ad/link that read: "Access Your PC from Anywhere - Free Download"
The problem is that with only 32-bit addressing it's impossible to programatically store all of the bugs in Microsoft's software.
The global economy is a great thing until you feel it locally.
Click here to download it.
my other penis is a vagina
And just why should we trust anything this guy says? Their official spokesman won't even stand by what he's saying. And what is he saying, anyway?
His identity is being protected through obscurity. If he open-sourced his name, his job/email account/etc would be open to attack.
So again, as far as Microsoft is concerned, it's the fault of the people who publicized it. It's prudent to assume these guys are not the only ones who know about the problem. Which means my information is already at risk.
Your information has been at risk ever since installing your operating system. You agreed to the EULA upon installing it, and that paper holds you responsible for data sharing, you agreed to not hold Microsoft responsible for data loss, intrusion, etc. Also what concerns me is that you claim that other people know about the problem. That is unlikely, as the EULA also forbids reverse-engineering the code to find exploits.
Additionally, you have the DMCA to protect you, which means that if anyone tries to circumvent the data safeguards on your system, they will be prosecuted.
I think you are being overly paranoid.
-fc
. echo -e \\04 >
You mean you haven't found it yet? It's right here!
karma capped