Patched MS Bluetooth Flaw Exposes Even Disconnected PCs

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday July 12, 2011 @09:11PM from the you-are-the-one-neo dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Among the 22 security holes Microsoft issued updates to fix yesterday is a critical kernel-level Bluetooth flaw that could let nearby attackers break into vulnerable systems even when the targeted computer is not connected to a network. An attacker could use the bug to gain access to any unpatched, Bluetooth-enabled Windows Vista or Win7 computer within 100 meters (or much further with specialized tools), all before the target system even gets an alert that another computer is requesting a Bluetooth connection."

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Re:XP by kevinmenzel · 2011-07-12 21:36 · Score: 5, Informative

Because 7 has features XP doesn't. Like support for the TRIM command for SSDs. Like an audio mixer that lets you set different volumes for each application, instead of each hardware output, which is floating point from the ground up. Like desktop rendering that is accelerated by your GPU. Like UAC. Like Aero Snap. Etc. It's not like Windows 7 is just a facelift on Windows XP, There are differences that aren't even hard to find.