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[News] [Rival] Microsoft's Utter Failure with Security Raises Liability Questions

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Microsoft's Utter Failure with Security Raises Liability Questions
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:53:12 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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Should Microsoft be Liable for its Flaws?

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| The recent attacks on Twitter and Facebook, probably using Windows botnets, 
| have highlighted an old issue: whether Microsoft should be held responsible 
| for the flaws in its software that cause such costly global downtimes.  
| 
| At first glance, it's an attractive option. After all, it could be argued 
| that the company has made billions of dollars of profit from software that 
| has caused billions of dollars of losses for users around the world, and so 
| it would be only fair if some of that unjustly gained dosh were redistributed 
| to those who have suffered at its hands.     
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=2437&blogid=14

Nine MS security bulletins create busy updates workload

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| Microsoft released the expected nine patches - five critical - as part of a 
| busy August Patch Tuesday update that focuses primarily on client-side 
| vulnerabilities.  
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/08/12/nokia_maemo_smartphone/


Related:

New banking code cracks down on out-of-date software

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| The banking industry has re-affirmed a policy that makes online banking 
| customers responsible for losses if they have out of date anti-virus or 
| anti-phishing protection. New Banking Codes for consumers and businesses took 
| effect on Monday. Â 
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/04/banking_code_2008/


Bots rule in cyberspace

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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million 
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses 
| and to mine for sensitive personal data. Â
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm


In zombies we trust

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| A little over a year ago, I wrote an editorial where in back-of-the-envelope 
| style (.pdf) I estimated that perhaps 15-30% of all privately owned computers 
| were no longer under the sole control of their owner. In the intervening 
| months, I received a certain amount of hate mail but in those intervening 
| months Vint Cert guessed 20-40%, Microsoft said 2/3rds, and IDC suggested 
| 3/4ths. It is thus a conservative risk position to assume that any random 
| counterparty stands a fair chance of being already compromised. Â Â Â
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=661


Secure web browsing through Live Linux distros

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| Banking isn't the be-all and end-all: there's many other reasons you'd 
| want a secure system, separate from what's on the hard disk, besides 
| Internet banking. Traveller's can't necessarily trust the integrity of 
| a computer in an Internet cafe.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/13292/53/


Online banking fraud 'up 8,000%'

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| The UK has seen an 8,000% increase in fake internet banking scams
| in the past two years, the government's financial watchdog has warned.
|
| The Financial Services Authority (FSA) told peers it was "very concerned" 
| about the growth in "phishing".
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6177555.stm
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