Researchers at security firm Finjan have uncovered a massive botnet of Windows machines. The botnet is 1.9 million machines strong, with many of the machines located in the United States: 45% of them are located in the US. The researchers detailed their findings at the RSA Conference in San Fransisco.
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Member since:2006-01-02
WTF, man. You shouldn't believe 90% of the things you read on the internet.
"Microsoft Subnet" is not affiliated with Microsoft in any way (it's just a blog on network world). Windows is just as good of a vector for the SMRAM attack as Linux since both are just OSes and Joanna's attack is on the hardware once you've already got kernel privileges.
Also, ECIS is a lobbying organization... check out their member list to figure out what exactly they're lobbying for.
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Member since:2006-06-01
OMG - com one now...
Where did you guy's left your sense of humor?
I had the impression it would be so over the top that anyone who read it would immediately see this as what it was - an over-dramatization...
Your reactions however gives me the impression I did strike a unsuspected nerve or something....
Now - wait while I check out this tinfoil hat ;-)
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2006-06-01
Well well...
I don/ t know but.... Maybe it has something to do with this: http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3816701 ?
Yes boy's and girls - there is the friendly TPM pusher again. If you lock the OS to the hardware you will be safe - promised. And everybody knows what Operating System that will be hmmm? Yes - you guessed it ... The most safe OS on this planet (promised - trust me - it's for real this time).
You see - you can't trust other OS'es on the hardware. Look for yourself: http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/41180 . And we all know Microsoft and Intel have absolutely nothing to do with each other, so this article must be a shock for all those Linux/Intel users. Nobody would belief a fault in the hardware was only known by Microsoft and Intel to be used at the right moment. That idea is completely ridiculous.
And all this is high on the heels of a report by the European Committee for Interoperable Systems about some "shady" practices of a well known firm: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090421111327711 The timing of all this is amazing.
Now all those thing could not possibly in any way be related hm? I would not dare to make such unfair statements...