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Micro$oft: Upgrade from Windows XP or risk infinite "zero-days"
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Keep playing our silly "you must continuously upgrade your OS" games. "Users should upgrade to Windows 7 or 8." And how exactly does a civillian get their hands on Windoze 7 at this point - WITHOUT BUYING A NEW PC? "When Microsoft ends support for XP, it will be likely that such as vulnerability would affect even outdated Windows versions." That sentence makes no sense. "The challenge here is that you'll never know, with any confidence, if the trusted computing base of the system can actually be trusted because attackers will be armed with public knowledge of zero-day exploits in Windows XP that could enable them to compromise the system and possibly run the code of their choice," What a load of horse-****. That's been the story of XP since it was forced (rushed) into home and soho computers starting in the fall of 2001. History shows that Milkro$oft could never garantee that XP was a safe and secure operating system. What makes it any different once it hits EOL? The truth is that XP will be orders of magnitude less vulnerable to remote intrusion and control on April 15/2014 than it was in January 2002. And another truth: Just like certain IE hot-fix files and patches from Win-2k/XP were usable on Win-98 well after 98 went EOL in July 2006, it's a given that users and enthusiasts of XP will be able to do the same by extracting files from security patches released for other versions of Windows (2003, Vista, etc). But the real kicker is this: After XP goes EOL, will Macro$haft release security bullentins from time to time giving the world details and information as to newly-discovered exploits and vulnerabilities for XP? Meekro$oft didn't do that when win-98 went EOL - because 9x/me had a ridiculously low level of known vulnerabilities to begin with and no new ones were ever discovered / reported after it went EOL. What has Milkro$oft done along these lines with Windows 2000? Does anyone maintain a list or has anyone reported on any unpatched vulnerabilities and exploits for Windows 2000 that were discovered after it went EOL on July 13, 2010? =========== Microsoft: Upgrade from Windows XP or risk infinite "zero-days" http://www.scmagazine.com//microsoft...7/?utm_source= August 19, 2013 Microsoft is asking users who haven't already migrated to a newer operating system to do it now. Microsoft is intensifying its efforts asking users to scrap Windows XP, the 12-year-old operating system for which the software giant is ending support next April. Tim Rains, director of Microsoft Trustworthy Computing, authored a blog post last week reminding customers of the perils that could await them should they continue running XP, which debuted in 2001, once Redmond stops patching the platform. Users should upgrade to Windows 7 or 8. "There is a sense of urgency because after April 8/2014, Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) customers will no longer receive new security updates, non-security hotfixes, free or paid assisted support options or online technical content updates," Rains wrote. "This means that any new vulnerabilities discovered in Windows XP after its 'end of life' will not be addressed by new security updates from Microsoft." Rains said that when a vulnerability is patched in one of Microsoft's supported operating system versions, attackers typically reverse engineer the fix in hopes of creating an exploit that could target users who failed to apply the update. When Microsoft ends support for XP, it will be likely that such as vulnerability would affect even outdated Windows versions. And without any possibility for a patch, attackers will essentially have free reign on XP endpoints. "Since a security update will never become available for Windows XP to address these vulnerabilities, Windows XP will essentially have a 'zero day' vulnerability forever," Rains wrote. In addition, customers shouldn't rely on the hope that anti-exploit functionality will prevent a successful attack, he said. "The challenge here is that you'll never know, with any confidence, if the trusted computing base of the system can actually be trusted because attackers will be armed with public knowledge of zero-day exploits in Windows XP that could enable them to compromise the system and possibly run the code of their choice," Rains wrote. So what's holding up the migrations? According to a study conducted in April by VMware, 64 percent of enterprise-size companies still haven't migrated off XP. The same goes for 52 percent of midsize firms and 61 percent of SMBs. "Common challenges such as end-user downtime, data loss, migration failures and effort to upgrade remote employees can all be avoided if you plan ahead," wrote Sarah Semple, VMware's director of product marketing, in a blog post. In addition, cost is an impediment. Gartner has estimated that, based on a 10,000-PC environment, the expense of migration is between $1,205 and $1,999 per machine. |
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Micro$oft: Upgrade from Windows XP or risk infinite "zero-days"
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Keep playing our silly "you must continuously upgrade your OS" games. Wrong translation I'm afraid. A better one would be: "You can keep using XP, but please be aware of the following ..." And if you would understand *what* they are trying to tell you you could do nothing else that to agree. Unless ofcourse you let your palatable dislike towards MS cloud your judgement ... And no, I do not really like MS (the company) either. |
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Micro$oft: Upgrade from Windows XP or risk infinite "zero-days"
98 Guy wrote:
Translation: Keep playing our silly "you must continuously upgrade your OS" games. "Users should upgrade to Windows 7 or 8." And how exactly does a civillian get their hands on Windoze 7 at this point - WITHOUT BUYING A NEW PC? You're falling behind the times, as even that is getting pretty difficult now. Most new PCs come with Windows 8 ... whether you, me, Joey, or anyone else down the street likes it or not! But I just love MS for all their "new and improved" OS's (cough). Might be time to move over to Linux next time (if and when that time ever occurs). |
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