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Security Firm VUPEN Claims To Have Hacked Windows 8 and IE10
An anonymous reader writes "Windows 8 was released late last week, and already this week French security firm VUPEN says it has broken Microsoft's latest and greatest security features. The company claims it has developed a 0-day exploit for Windows 8 and IE10, by chaining multiple undisclosed flaws together."
I thought that little used operating systems were less vulnerable because fewer hackers would target them compared to popular, mass market operating systems such as Linux and MacOS.
I should use this sig to advertise my book ISBN-13 : 978-1501515132.
1. They bought Windows 8. 2. They Installed Windows 8. 3. They connected Windows 8 to the internet. 4. They surfed goatse with IE10.
To back up what I just said: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/hh825613.aspx
[August 2012] Sideloading apps on Windows 8
Sideloading is supported on the following editions when you activate a sideloading product key:
Windows 8 Pro
Windows 8 Enterprise*
* The sideloading product key is not required with Windows 8 Enterprise when the computer is joined to an active directory domain.
noteNote
Sideloading is also supported on Windows RT. The group policy service is not enabled by default on Windows RT. You must enable the service before policies can be applied to the computer.
To sideload line-of-business apps on Windows Server 2012, the computer must be joined to an active directory domain.
For more information, see How to Add and Remove Apps.
In other words a side-loading key is needed. Ordinary users won't get that and won't be able to side-load.
I'm sorry to disagree with you. Clearly you have an issue with Google. It is untrue that they sell your information. Their business model does not allow that. The whole point is they will *never* sell your information...they sell targeted AD space. They are advertisers just like Apple and Microsoft.
On the point of privacy. Clearly you have not installed Windows 8. Its defaults are appalling, and your being insincere in implying Microsoft is better.
The bottom line though is I personally would like a device where I can choose to install whatever OS. The reason being I personally quite like the look of the oversized trackpad on Chomebook , and the ability to install Debien, and it beong Good Value, all three features lacking on windows rt devices.
Well, it's more than 01, less than 11, and still only a 2-bit binary integer.
APK quotes people (including myself) without context and should not be trusted. Just thought you should know.
Actually, getting a sideloading key is dead easy. You have to run Powershell as Admin, then type Show-WindowsDeveloperLicenseRegistration (or just "show-wi" and hit Tab). Enter Windows Live credentials - anything, including a throw-away account created for the purpose, will work - and boom, you are unlocked for sideloading. Works on Windows 8 (Pro, Enterprise, or otherwise) and on Windows RT (tested it on a Surface).
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/Hh974578.aspx
I don't know what's up with that old data that says you can't. That's been bouncing around for almost a year, and as far as I can tell it was *never* true, even on pre-release versions. You've been able to unlock Win8 for sideloading since the first preview builds came out! It's as though there's two completely different teams talking about this. Well, three (the one that says *only* Store apps are allowed) but the last one is the marketing team trying to keep the n00bs from getting confused; they are safely ignorable. Fortunately, the team that supports the more open approach is the one that is correct.
There's no place I could be, since I've found Serenity...
Well - that was the main complaint about Linux.
And now -using windows- it is suddenly a no-brainer?
Wow... just wow!