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May 09, 2003

Big News of the Week

Just when things have started to slow down ...
Just when things are getting nice and quiet ...
Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water ...

The boogeyman is back - Microslash has another vulnerability. Just a lttle one. Doesn't really affect anyone. Unless of course they happen to have a Microsoft passport. Or a hotmail account. Or Windows. Or Office. Or just about anything that uses Microslosh software.

Don't panic. It's not like a real serious problem. It's not like you really care. I mean this doesn't affect your email? Oh it does. Sorry about that. But your credit cards are safe. Oh they aren't.

You see anyone can change your password. Anytime. To anything. All they need is your email address and a carefully constructed URL which could be put together by a PC user ...

Don't worry, sounds like WAD (Working As Designed) to me.

I mean if you really cared then you would ....

(All togther please)...

HERE'S A NICKLE SON, GET YOURSELF A REAL COMPUTER

Links for the curious can be found all over the place including the following articles: Wired News, SecurityFocus and best of all at The Register which outlines the potential penalty of $US2trillion which out to go a long way to helping the US budget blowout.

Posted by Ozguru at May 9, 2003 09:05 PM


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