NSA found a dangerous MS software flaw and alerted the firm

Posted by lladnar on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @10:14AM
from the washingtonpost.com dept.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/nsa-found-a-dangerous-microsoft-software-flaw-and-alerted-the-firm--rather-than-weaponize-it/2020/01/14/f024c926-3679-11ea-bb7b-265f4554af6d_story.html

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Re:NSA found a dangerous MS software flaw and alerted the firm by sarcasmatwork on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @10:35AM (#22045688)

Affects Win10, but not my dusty Win7 box... hmmm

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Re:NSA found a dangerous MS software flaw and alerted the firm by crmrc114 on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @12:43PM (#22047147)

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/01/cryptic-rumblings-ahead-...

"This component was introduced into Windows more than 20 years ago — back in Windows NT 4.0. Consequently, all versions of Windows are likely affected (including Windows XP, which is no longer being supported with patches from Microsoft)"

You're not safe.

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Re:NSA found a dangerous MS software flaw and alerted the firm by calypso on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @02:56PM (#22048622)

They alerted them after using it for 20 years to spy on us? \s

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Re:NSA found a dangerous MS software flaw and alerted the firm by zamalek on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @12:01PM (#22046732)

Who would have guessed that adding code to something would also add bugs?

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