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Vulnerability Note VU#867968
Microsoft Windows contains a memory corruption bug in the handling of SMB traffic, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service on a vulnerable system.
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Op-ed: Windows 10 0day exploit goes wild, and so do Microsoft marketers
There's a zero-day exploit in the wild that exploits a key file-sharing protocol in most supported versions of Windows, including Windows 10, the latest and most secure version of the Microsoft operating system. The exploit is probably not worth worrying about, but you'd never know that based on the statement Microsoft officials issued on Thursday when asked what kind of threat the exploit poses:
"Windows is the only platform with a customer commitment to investigate reported security issues and proactively update impacted devices as soon as possible," an unnamed spokesperson replied in an e-mail. "We recommend customers use Windows 10 and the Microsoft Edge browser for the best protection."
An employee at Microsoft's outside PR firm, WE Communications, wouldn't explain why the statement advised customers to use Windows 10 and Edge when the exploit works on all versions of Windows and doesn't require that targets use a browser. Ars reminded the employee that an advisory issued hours earlier by the CERT Coordination Center at Carnegie Mellon University warned that the vulnerability might leave Windows users open to code-execution attacks.
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Former GCHQ deputy: Cyber attack 'normal 21st century threat'
A skills shortage and "chaotic" handling of personal data breaches are undermining confidence in the government's ability to protect the UK from cyber attacks.
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Public Accounts Committee slams government on cybersecurity strategy
The Public Accounts Committee has taken the government to task over a lack of action on addressing cyber security in the UK – and that poor reporting of breaches and low oversight in general reduces its confidence in the Cabinet Office to protect the country from cyber threats.
The report cites cyber security as one of the biggest threats that faces the country today, but committee chair Meg Hillier said that the government’s approach to personal data breaches “has been chaotic and does not inspire confidence in its ability to take swift, coordinated and effective action in the face of higher threat attacks”.
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Cybersecurity firms pilloried by GCHQ technical director over “witchcraft”
“we are allowing massively incentivised companies to define the public perception of the problem”.
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Microsoft is disabling older versions of Skype for Mac and Windows on March 1
[Ed: Microsoft forces people to use the latest surveillance with the latest back doors for wiretaps & remote access]
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