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Vista Hacking Challenge Answered

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the still-some-work-to-be-done dept.

debiansid writes "Microsoft's most secure Operating System yet has been compromised at the Black Hat hacker conference. We all know that Andrew Cushman, Microsoft's director of security outreach invited the Black Hats over to touch and feel Vista in order to showcase the superiority of this OS. Joanna Rutkowska, from Coseinc, a Singapore-based security firm, obliged and showed how it is possible to bypass security measures in Vista that prevents unsigned code from running with the help of a little software she calls the 'Blue Pill.'" To be fair, the hack was possible only when the target is in administrator mode rather than a limited user account.

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  1. FIST SPORT! by ringbarer · · Score: -1, Troll

    And it's amazing how many Linux vulnerabilites there are when you run random executables as root.

    --
    "Why did they cancel my favorite Sci-Fi show? I downloaded ALL the episodes!"
  2. 'Bring em' On' by reidleake · · Score: 0, Troll
    We all know the results of "Bring em' on" bravado...

    Next will he be standing under a "Mission Accomplished" banner, despite the obvious failure?

  3. The blue pill? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Stop it with the fucking Matrix references. The Matrix was hardly even a good film let alone it's two sequal that SUCKED ASS. I say fuck the Matrix. It sucked and people who just can't get over the film and get on with their real lives are borderline psychotic.

    BTW: Just so you Matrix idiots know; Best Buy had all three films and the "aninmatrix" at 5 USD each... it's fucking bargin bin fodder for the fucking masses. No philosophy, no great CGI.... just another loser film that 12 year old fags still run around quoting because they can't see beyond their noses.

  4. Re:20 Year Mac User - Vista Is My Next OS by JavaLord · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well, it is unless Ubuntu or one of the other Linux distros finally make that hurdle across the final 5% or 1% of making things 'just work' that seems to elude open source developers.

    Dude, I just downloaded Ubuntu today. I made the install CD which they brag is also a "live CD" so I can boot straight into Ubuntu to see how well it works. Well, I tried it out on two different PC's, and it crashes when I use firefox on either of them. I should have known a OS named after some African wouldn't work.

  5. Re:MS Support calls by luther349 · · Score: -1, Troll

    so it uses linux securty lol.