Microsoft Takes Responsibility for Internet Explorer Chaos, Conficker Damage Carries on
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2010-01-17 13:21:10 UTC
- Modified: 2010-01-17 13:21:10 UTC
Summary: Just as Microsoft pretends that the attacks on Google are no big deal it turns out that Microsoft's Internet Explorer is the sole culprit
"Adobe Flaw Wasn’t Part of Attack on Google," says this latest news report from IDG and Microsoft is almost accepting liability by admitting that Internet Explorer is the culprit. "Cyberattacks are an unfortunate way of life," said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to CNBC regarding these attacks after his own incompetence caused these issues. This sums up a discussion (and at times heated argument) that we had in previous posts on the subject, namely:
- Microsoft Flaws -- Not Adobe Flaws -- Responsible for China's Attack on Google; Microsoft Takes China's Side, as Usual
- Chinese Google 'Attack' Involves Microsoft Windows Flaws
- Germany's Office for Information Security Warns Against Microsoft’s Internet Explorer After China Attacks
Germany is
paying for Conficker through the nose, so it only makes sense to advise against the use of Internet Explorer (they should go further and recommend GNU/Linux). According to this weekend's news from IDG, Conficker is still alive and it's kicking hard:
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Conficker Still Striking Online
Russia and Brazil are now the top hotspots for global Internet attack traffic, Net giant Akamai has said in its latest threat report, placing most of the blame on the hardy Conficker worm.
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Conficker Worm Hasn't Gone Away, Akamai Says
Variants of the Conficker worm were still active and spreading during the third quarter, accounting for much of attack traffic on the Internet, according to Akamai Technologies.
"Although mainstream and industry media coverage of the Conficker worm and its variants has dropped significantly since peaking in the second quarter, it is clear from this data that the worm (and its variants) is apparently still quite active, searching out new systems to infect," Akamai said in its State of the Internet report for the third quarter of 2009, released Thursday.
For those who think that
Vista 7 will change anything, we're appending some links below.
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- Cybercrime Rises and Vista 7 is Already Open to Hijackers
- Vista 7: Broken Apart Before Arrival
- Department of Homeland Security 'Poisoned' by Microsoft; Vista 7 is Open to Hijackers Again
- Vista 7 Security “Cannot be Fixed. It's a Design Problem.”
- Why Vista 7 Could be the Least Secure Operating System Ever
- Journalists Suggest Banning Windows, Maybe Suing Microsoft Over DDoS Attacks
- Vista 7 Vulnerable to Latest “Critical” Flaws
- Vista 7 Seemingly Affected by Several More “Critical” Flaws This Month
- Reason #1 to Avoid Vista 7: Insecurity
- Vista 7 Left Hijackable Again (Almost a Monthly Recurrence)
Comments
Yuhong Bao
2010-01-18 02:04:47
your_friend
2010-01-19 04:51:32
Roy has done a nice job of keeping up with this story:
Germany Urges people to dump IE. It is too bad they did not go the Munich route. Microsoft blames Adobe and ignores Communist China's repulsive human rights abuses. More disgusting was their spinner's attempt to claim Google was exploiting other people's revulsion for business advantage. China uses Windows botnets to harass dissidents, DDoS Google and other companies. Reality Calling
Yuhong Bao
2010-01-18 02:03:51
Roy Schestowitz
2010-01-18 02:06:35
Yuhong Bao
2010-01-18 02:33:56
your_friend
2010-01-18 02:40:07
TheTruth
2010-01-18 00:22:15
The police say, yes you were broken into, but it's you're own stupid fault for leaving you're house open. And putting huge adds all over you're house saying "valuables held in here".
What you're saying is that if you're house was broken into and the theif used a hammer to break in, then it's the hammers fault for the break in.
Just mabey if you have critical data on you're systems, you lock you're doors, and make them so strong that a hammer will not break in.
There is ONE group at fault here, and it's GOOGLE.
If you're stupid enough to keep critical data on insecure systems, (in this case LINUX). that is YOUR fault.
Sure the criminals have done wrong, but you dont have to make it so easy for them by leaving you're house unlocked.
But thats not nearly as interesting a spin as you would like ROY, that means you cannot blame you're hate child MS for it.
Google are trying to break into OS's, applications and cloud, and they cant even protect THEIR OWN data, would you trust them to protect YOUR data.
So you headline could read, "Man breaks into house, hammer found guilty of break and enter".
As usual ROY, you're the running joker of the FOSS world. nothing more...
(get a job).
Mikko
2010-01-18 00:48:05
TheTruth
2010-01-18 00:02:56
oh and what did the chinese steal, IP, I thought you hated IP ROY, you must be in great internal conflict.
Trying to spin this as a positive for Linux, it's a hard job but someone has to apply the spin.
(how's you job searching going, anyone willing to hite a zealot?).
I cant wait to email you boss, and inform him about what you spend you're entire life doing .. But I would not stoop so low, but you would,,, dont you ROY.. :)
Mikko
2010-01-18 00:46:39
your_friend
2010-01-18 02:53:43
This is a positive development for free software because it shows off some of the downsides of non free software. The US has used the same tactics on a more limited scale. The large scale of the problems in China, their more blatant political use and the involvement of a large and powerful US firm all point to broader coverage of these issues in the western world. As people are exposed both to the weakness of Windows and the results, they will want something better. That will be good for everyone.
Finally, your talk about Roy's job prospects are both ugly and poorly veiled threats.
your_friend
2010-01-19 05:05:25
your_friend
2010-01-17 21:07:10