Windows Vista Security Flaw Discovered
Author: Dave Lewis
MSNBC is running a piece about the apparent discovery of a security flaw in the new Vista operating system.
Windows Vista, the new computer operating system that Microsoft Corp. is touting as its most secure ever, contains a programming flaw that might let hackers gain full control of vulnerable computers.Microsoft and independent security researchers, however, tried to play down the risk from the flaw, which was posted on a Russian site recently and is apparently the first affecting the new Vista system released to larger businesses in late November.
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.
Tags: Windows Vista Security, Vista Security Flaw, Vista Vulnerability
