Group posts code to exploit Windows flaw, attack computers

Group posts code to exploit Windows flaw, attack computers
Helen Jung, The Associated Press 2003-07-25

A group in China released a program Friday that lets hackers exploit a flaw in Microsoft software and take over a victim's computer over the Internet.

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Group posts code to exploit Windows flaw, attack computers 2003-07-26
BillBeaver

this is what i call "FULL DISCLOSURE" which slowly vanishes due to the so called "disclosure policies" created by large security-companies working for the large software-vendors !!!

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Wormsign 2003-07-27
TimJones (1 replies)

The vectors that this vulnrability can be exploited thru, combined with the number of targets makes this worse then slapper could be.

Perhaps it is because of actions like this

and the wormage that we will soon see that our legislature will finally see fit to put legal teath into the responsabl...

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Wormsign 2003-07-28
Pragma

The word cyberterrorist is a joke in and of itself.

So your system goes down. Patch it, next time. Set up better firewalls (our DMZ servers are immune to the RPC bug because we don't allow those ports in - but we patched them immediately anyways).

Full diclosure is the only way to go, as it ...

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Group posts code to exploit Windows flaw, attack computers 2003-07-27
Anonymous (2 replies)

"We continue to believe that publication of exploit code in cases like this is not good for customers," Jones said.

This pisses me off. I continue to believe that releasing buggy, insecure code like everything M$ releases is not good for customers....

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Group posts code to exploit Windows flaw, attack computers 2003-07-28
Anonymous

While there are methods for producing 100% provible bug free code, these methods are very expensive to use, and result in development cycles that are likly to be 10 years or more. As such these methodologies tend only to be used by companies producing safety critical systems, as it is too expensive...

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Group posts code to exploit Windows flaw, attack computers 2003-07-28
Anonymous

Passing laws to help companies hide their flaws is ridiclous. If M$ can sell an overpriced OS, they should have a crew of people cracking their own products to prevent these kinds of problems, not whining because low budget research firms and hackers can figure their products out better.

M$ wa...

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