Eldorado Posted January 14, 2020 #1 Share Posted January 14, 2020 "Microsoft is patching a serious flaw in various versions of Windows today after the National Security Agency (NSA) discovered and reported a security vulnerability in Microsoft’s handling of certificate and cryptographic messaging functions in Windows. "The flaw, which hasn’t been marked critical by Microsoft, could allow attackers to spoof the digital signature tied to pieces of software, allowing unsigned and malicious code to masquerade as legitimate software." Full report at the Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/14/21065563/microsoft-windows-security-flaw-nsa-patch-attribution-cryptography-update "NSA identifies "critical vulnerability" in Microsoft Windows 10" And CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/microsoft-windows-10-nsa-identifies-critical-vulnerability-today-2020-01-14/ 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted January 15, 2020 #2 Share Posted January 15, 2020 I got my patch last night. Thank you Microsoft. I will sleep more soundly now, knowing that Windows 10 is a tiny bit less crap than it was on Monday. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoofGardener Posted January 15, 2020 #3 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Why would the NSA alert Microsoft ? Surely they'd want to exploit the 'weakness' in order to hack into their enemies computers ? (such as the White House etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz_Light_Year Posted January 15, 2020 #4 Share Posted January 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, RoofGardener said: Why would the NSA alert Microsoft ? Surely they'd want to exploit the 'weakness' in order to hack into their enemies computers ? (such as the White House etc). NSA and Microsoft openly admitted to working together to improve security starting with Win Vista. But I've always read that backdoors to the Microsoft O/S started with Win 95 OSR2. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcom Posted January 18, 2020 #5 Share Posted January 18, 2020 On 1/15/2020 at 10:48 PM, RoofGardener said: Why would the NSA alert Microsoft ? Surely they'd want to exploit the 'weakness' in order to hack into their enemies computers ? (such as the White House etc). There is a weakness in the battle station! PS l have Windows 7Pro, with no updates and no regular, ugly surprizes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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