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Google Researcher Issues How-To On Attacking XP

Posted by timothy on from the now-get-to-the-next-phone-booth dept.

theodp writes "A Google engineer Thursday published attack code that exploits a zero-day vulnerability in Windows XP, giving hackers a new way to hijack and infect systems with malware. But other security experts objected to the way the Google engineer disclosed the bug — just five days after it was reported to Microsoft — and said the move is more evidence of the ongoing, and increasingly public, war between the two giants."

3 of 348 comments (clear)

  1. Re:I Don't Think Zero-Day Means What You Think by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    What a pointless remark :-\

  2. Re:I Don't Think Zero-Day Means What You Think by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yeah you're right, Linux is pretty buggy and never works quite right.

  3. Re:I Don't Think Zero-Day Means What You Think by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The MS joke is "funny" because it's true. Just ask Homer Simpson. The Linux/OS X joke was lame because it's not true, not funny and just plain flaming lame.