Just in time for traditional fall pranking-season comes word of a zero-day exploit affecting all current versions of Windows (Vista, 2008 Server, and 7) that can cause the traditional “blue-screen of death” (BSOD) on any of the affected platforms–without credentials, physical access, or complicity by the victim.
In fact, this little hole is so nasty that it can be triggered using only one solitary TCP/IP packet.
Although easily prevented (by blocking Port 445 with a firewall) its yet another exploit–a black-eye for Microsoft who has been marketing Server 2008 and 7 as the penultimate releases of Windows, each containing oodles of new security features to shield users from the modern perils of life on the tubes.
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