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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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