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Windows Vulnerable To 'Token Kidnapping' Attacks

Posted by timothy on from the token-of-my-affection dept.

cuppa+tea writes "More than a year after Microsoft issued a patch to cover privilege escalation issues that could lead to complete system takeover, a security researcher plans to use the Black Hat conference spotlight to expose new design mistakes and security issues that can be exploited to elevate privileges on all Windows versions, including the brand new Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 7."

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  1. About Software by Halborr · · Score: 0, Redundant

    All software has bugs, that's just a matter of fact. When computers are networked, some of those bugs can be used to exploit another computer.

    Moreover, Windows has security problems. Film at 11. (Couldn't post without an anti MS joke! I think there's a filter or something...)