Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Hacker, Microsoft duke it out over Vista design flaw


Hacker, Microsoft duke it out over Vista design flaw by ZDNet's Ryan Naraine -- Joanna Rutkowska has always been a big supporter of the Windows Vista security model. Until she stumbled upon a "very severe hole" in the design of UAC (User Account Control) and found out -- from Microsoft officials -- that the default no-admin setting isn't even a security mechanism anymore.

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