Though a previous poster is correct in stating that

these companies haven't released an advisory in some time,these companies or their employees host sites which offer auditing utilities. The only way these companies can ensure that their utilities and those of their employees are used for "good" purposes is to severely restrict access to them.

Among the sites which may be influenced by this are

nmrc.org, packetfactory.net, phrack, etc. These are sites maintained by employees of the companies involved with Microsoft. If you use these utilities in the performance of your job, I suggest you download and stockpile them immediately.

Unfortunately, information and utilities from these sites may need to be considered untrusted in the future.

There is no way for us to verify whether the employee's integrity has been breached by the company they work for or if they have been "reached" by Microsoft.

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