Slashdot Mirror
Vista Hackers Get Busy
An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft's long-awaited Windows Vista release Thursday for business customers will get more than just the passing attention of network administrators. That's because hackers will be eagerly waiting to do what hackers do best: start some mischief." Some folks on the Black Hat set got a sneak peek at Vista earlier this year, so they've had time to prepare.
I don't even have the operating system installed and I'm worrying about the hackers and the virus already.
``I give the first verified Vista exploit 90 days from the day they ship to consumers.''
Is that because it takes them 187 days to verify it?
Please correct me if I got my facts wrong.
They were all standing around with their tents in their black hats waiting to crack stuff and make keygens and shit. I asked why they were waiting in line when they could have had the RTM weeks ago on Usenet? They replied, "What's Usenet?" Those black hats must really fuck with the circulation in your head. I wonder if Slashdot editors wear black hats.
I'm sure someone has managed not only to circumvent WGA, but r00t Microsoft's WGA servers and set the Administrator account's screensaver to a marquee: "Dear aunt, let's set so double the killer delete select all."
3 things about computers: they're alive, they're self-aware, and they hate your guts.
My backup archive server NEVER runs out of space. I've been archiving old backups to /dev/null weekly for four years now. It is amazingly efficient.
The Christian Right is Neither (Christian nor right). See: Matthew 23, Matthew 25, Ezekiel 16:48-50
You mean REALLY liking computers won't turn my hair blue and introduce me to a world of leather clad babes and techno music? I thought I just wasn't using mine enough. This is disappointing.
Yeah, I don't really understand why people get mad at "hacker == cracker". They're mislabled as badboys. You wouldn't want them mislabeling you as fat lonely nerds who live in their....
Wait.
Shit.
we had to manipulate the bits with our fingers, in the snow, without gloves on!
You had FINGERS? You lucky dog. We used to sit around at night, in the freezing cold, dreaming about what it would be like to have fingers...
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
They should have released Vista during NASCAR season, then the crackers would've been too distracted to mess with it.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Runs a little "You now have Linux. Let us show you why you should keep it" demo at startup.
See that's where your idea falls down - that would require artistic and creative skill along with the ability to - heaven forbid - document something.
Skills that most programmers simply do not posess, unless you are talking about making ASCII porn pictures of anime characters, but I don't think that's going to sell Linux to the average Windows user.