If 6 were 9

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18 June 2010 (If 6 were 9)

Bill Gates cites copyright enforcement to justify Chinese censorship. Microsoft executives used to call us communists, but they are now clearly revealed as the ones who support communist-style dictatorship.

Miscreants Exploit Google-Outed Windows XP Zero-Day

URL: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/P12mhUxxSos/Miscreants-Exploit-Google-Outed-Windows-XP-Zero-Day

CWmike writes "A compromised website is serving an exploit of the bug in Windows' Help and Support Center, identified by a Google engineer last week, to hijack PCs running Windows XP. Graham Cluley, a senior technology consultant at antivirus vendor Sophos, declined to identify the site, saying only that it was dedicated to open source software. 'It's a classic drive-by attack,' said Cluley. The tactic was one of two that Microsoft said last week were the likely attack avenues. (The other was convincing users to open malicious e-mail messages.) The vulnerability was disclosed last Thursday by Google security engineer Tavis Ormandy, who also posted proof-of-concept attack code. Ormandy defended his decision to reveal the flaw only five days after reporting it to Microsoft. Cluley called Ormandy's action 'utterly irresponsible,' and in a blog post asked, 'Tavis Ormandy — are you pleased with yourself?'"

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Google Researcher Issues How-To On Attacking XP

URL: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/ZKRa_dBqtOc/Google-Researcher-Issues-How-To-On-Attacking-XP

theodp writes "A Google engineer Thursday published attack code that exploits a zero-day vulnerability in Windows XP, giving hackers a new way to hijack and infect systems with malware. But other security experts objected to the way the Google engineer disclosed the bug — just five days after it was reported to Microsoft — and said the move is more evidence of the ongoing, and increasingly public, war between the two giants."

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Ubuntu é mais seguro que Windows, afirma a Dell

URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NoticiasLinux/~3/sSmawa26s6c/nl1276229273.html

A Dell deu as ferramentas necessárias para quem quiser começar mais uma flamewar sobre sistemas operativos, ao colocar como vantagem do Ubuntu, na página que dedica a esta distribuição de GNU/linux, a maior segurança que um outro sistema concorrente, o Windows.
"6) Ubuntu is safer than Microsoft® Windows®
The vast majority of viruses and spyware written by hackers are not designed to target and attack Linux."

Confira o screenshot, para futura memória, porque não deve faltar muito até este ponto 6 ser "corrigido": http://www.brunomiguel.net/2010/06/ubuntu-e-mais-seguro-que-windows-afirma.html (via @ruiseabra)
Postada por: Marco, marcodefreitas_em_gmail.com

Microsoft secretamente instala extensão para Firefox através do Windows Update

URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NoticiasLinux/~3/XlHA_-IlFrU/nl1276150311.html

A Microsoft lançou uma atualização através do Windows Update que silenciosamente, sem consentimento do usuário, instala duas extensões para navegador - uma para o Internet Explorer e outra para o Firefox. Trata-se de uma extensão relacionada à Windows Live Toolbar, a MSN Toolbar e a Bing Bar.

Detalhes: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/06/microsoft-slips-ie-firefox-add-on-into-toolbar-update.ars

Google decide abandonar Windows por razões de segurança - Computerworld

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Google ditches Windows on security concerns

URL: http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-06-01-008-35-NW-BZ-MS

Financial Times: "Google is phasing out the internal use of Microsoft�s ubiquitous Windows operating system because of security concerns, according to several Google employees."