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MICROSOFT WORKING WITH THE FEDS, VIRUS ATTACKS MAY BE TERRORISM
World Tribune.com ^
| August 21, 2003
| special report staff
Posted on 08/21/2003 11:52:28 PM PDT by prarie earth
Evidence gathered by Microsoft, the FBI, and the Secret Service on the worldwide attacks made against the computers running the Windows operating system fits the profile of 'terrorist activity.'
Industry sources citing Mirosoft officials told World Tribune.com that the recent attacks from the 'Blaster' worm and its variants, coupled with an email virus called 'SoBig-F' show signs of a coordinated attack by an entity wanting to disrupt world commerce.
Microsoft is cooperating with both the FBI and the Secret Service and will report their findings in the next few days.
While at present no terrorist organizations have claimed responsibility for these attacks in cyberspace, Microsoft is an obvious target for terrorists as the largest, most recognizable, and most profitable software company in the world.
The Blaster worm exposes a flaw in the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) component used by Microsoft Windows, the operating system installed on an estimated 90 percent of all home and desktop computers worldwide.
(Excerpt) Read more at worldtribune.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Technical; US: Washington; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; attack; computer; cyber; hacking; internet; microsoft; switchtoamac; terrorism; virus; worm
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To: prarie earth
Biggest virus developers run into is when the Microsoft OS reserves half of memory regardless of how much memory your PC has, then allows COTS packages to load DLLs wherever in what's left. You can't get enough contiguous memory to make your software efficient. Windows IS the virus.
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To: JustPiper
Yes, those are a lot of warnings -- that we know about.
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posted on
08/22/2003 4:22:09 PM PDT
by
Cindy
To: jfritsch
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posted on
08/22/2003 4:23:27 PM PDT
by
bicycle thug
(Fortia facere et pati Americanum est.)
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To: BlackbirdSST
Microsoft leads the pack in the most unsecure software out there as well as the buggiest. It's pure crap sold on hype.
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posted on
08/22/2003 5:25:46 PM PDT
by
nmh
To: bicycle thug
Interesting
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posted on
08/23/2003 12:57:29 AM PDT
by
JustPiper
(The Free Republic of America! "W" is our President !!!)
To: Cindy
those are a lot of warnings -- that we know about. And that is what always bothers me the most, are the hidden lies.
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posted on
08/23/2003 12:58:16 AM PDT
by
JustPiper
(The Free Republic of America! "W" is our President !!!)
To: freeperfromnj
Your welcome you seemed interested and intelligent on these issues ;)
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08/23/2003 1:44:46 AM PDT
by
JustPiper
(The Free Republic of America! "W" is our President !!!)
To: JustPiper
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FREE PC PROTECTION:
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08/23/2003 5:38:01 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
To: freeperfromnj
Very inormative and vague admission, thanx!
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08/23/2003 11:56:45 AM PDT
by
JustPiper
(The Free Republic of America! "W" is our President !!!)
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