http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/2006/10/24/rutkowska-on-vista-kernel-fix/ Bringing Fire To The Village: Your Source For Computer, Network & Information Security News from Dave Lewis, Security Blogger Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:25:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/2006/10/24/rutkowska-on-vista-kernel-fix/#comment-1552 Liquidmatrix Security Digest Wed, 27 Dec 2006 14:50:47 +0000 http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/2006/10/24/rutkowska-on-vista-kernel-fix/#comment-1552 [...] This particular problem only affects a system that the malicious character already has access to already. This has little more significance than to be the first reported vulnerability. Although I would say that Joanna Rutkowska’s work would qualify as being the first. [...] [...] This particular problem only affects a system that the malicious character already has access to already. This has little more significance than to be the first reported vulnerability. Although I would say that Joanna Rutkowska’s work would qualify as being the first. [...]

]]> http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/2006/10/24/rutkowska-on-vista-kernel-fix/#comment-1472 Liquidmatrix Security Digest Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:43:02 +0000 http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/2006/10/24/rutkowska-on-vista-kernel-fix/#comment-1472 [...] Some are predicting doom for the “stand-alone, signature-based anti-virus, arguing that the industry will be forced to roll out converged security clients, offering multiple capabilities including anti-spyware, personal firewall, end-point policy enforcement and intrusion prevention as the foundation.” But, this is running on the assumption that companies like Microsoft can do a good job on malware protection. Sure they have made improvements with Vista. But, that is only temporary. Microsoft has a long track record with respects to security. We have already seen the work of Joanna Rutkowska. The attacks that will be launched against Vista in the coming months will be nothing like we have seen previously. Rest assured, as long as there is money to be made, they will come. [...] [...] Some are predicting doom for the “stand-alone, signature-based anti-virus, arguing that the industry will be forced to roll out converged security clients, offering multiple capabilities including anti-spyware, personal firewall, end-point policy enforcement and intrusion prevention as the foundation.” But, this is running on the assumption that companies like Microsoft can do a good job on malware protection. Sure they have made improvements with Vista. But, that is only temporary. Microsoft has a long track record with respects to security. We have already seen the work of Joanna Rutkowska. The attacks that will be launched against Vista in the coming months will be nothing like we have seen previously. Rest assured, as long as there is money to be made, they will come. [...]

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