A Little Too Close to Mother Russia? Gates' Brainchild Microsoft Permits Gross Spying Vulnerability

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"Enemies foreign and domestic" occasionally encompasses some unlikely characters. But sometimes, the apple falls close enough to the tree that we see history repeating in literal terms.

For years I've been somewhat of a vehement Gates critic. When I realized how many other citizens were equally miffed with the Microsoft Mogul gone wild, my criticisms of the man quieted somewhat, not being needed.

When Alex Jones revealed Gates' ties to the Chemtrailing effort, specifically the Sulfate Aerosol Geoengineering project, I could hardly believe my eyes. Yet the folks provided solid documentation of their findings. They did not cite the source of the whistleblow.

After reading about that, I was emboldened to research the nature of the Gates family and was shocked to read about the actions of a certain Revolutionary War general, Horatio L Gates. When I compared the family portraits there was an absolutely unmistakable resemblance between the living Williams and the long dead Horatio. And in terms of character, the backstabbing desk piloting exploits of Horatio are extremely well-documented. Due to modern methods of corporate espionage and avoidance of such, and the lateral network, it's a bit harder to directly track the activities of Horatio's progeny.

But now there are media reports of Windows vulnerabilities that have compromised at least 70% of the world's corporate servers. And as some of you know, I've also criticized the Government Gateway project also undertaken by Microsoft.

In recent years I blogged warnings to the govt's and agencies who deal in information security, saying an event of this type was not only likely but inevitable. It's sad that in the age of information there is no common sense.

p.s. Medina? i think you could take a sub to his yard lol. a russian one, Red Oktober Gates edition lol.

http://money.cnn.com/2014/10/14/tech...html?hpt=hp_t3

The Cybercrime Economy
Russian hackers exploit Windows to spy on West
By Jose Pagliery @Jose_Pagliery October 14, 2014: 1:36 PM ET

NEW YORK (CNNMoney)
Russian hackers have taken advantage of a bug in Microsoft Windows to spy on the Ukrainian government and a scholar living in the United States.

That's according to iSight Partners, a cybersecurity intelligence firm that contracts with governments. In a report Tuesday, the firm said it discovered the never-before-seen attack, which has been used by hackers in recent months.

The bug the hackers used exists in all modern versions of the Windows operating system: Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1. It's also present in 2008 and 2012 versions of Windows used by company servers. That means the vast majority of the world's computers -- nearly 68%, according to NetMarketShare -- are vulnerable to this unique type of attack.

Microsoft (MSFT, Tech30), which first learned of the bug from iSight Partners, released a patch at 1 p.m. EST.

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The Russian government did not respond to requests for comment. The Ukrainian government said it could not provide an immediate statement.


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ISight, a Dallas-based intelligence firm, first spotted hackers using this attack in mid-August, sending phishing emails to Ukrainian government officials. The emails included a malware-laced PowerPoint attachment that claimed to be a terrorist watch list of pro-Russian separatists.

The malware had been tailored to spy on computers by quietly stealing emails and documents.

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The complexity and uniqueness of the attack led iSight to believe Russian hackers with government ties were responsible. Zero-day attacks (identified that way because they are brand new) are costly to develop, making them "typically the domain of cyber espionage teams and nation-states," said Stephen Ward, an executive at iSight Partners.

"The types of targets they were after relate to military, foreign policy and critical elements of the Russian GDP," Ward said.

That included a university researcher in the American Midwest who specializes in Russian culture, Ward said.

Investigators at iSight Partners were able to partially trace the attack, because hackers had made a mistake: A computer server sending messages to victimized computers was left openly visible on the Internet. On it were documents written in Russian language -- including instructions on how to use the malware.

The investigators believe the hackers are also responsible for spying attacks on a European government agency, a French telecom company and a Polish energy firm.

ISight dubbed the hacking group the "SandWorm Team," because the code it used was littered with references to the science fiction classic Dune. Sandworms are massive monsters that play a primary role in the novel.

This is only the latest cyberattack blamed on hackers in Russia. In the last year alone, Russia has been accused of attacking U.S. oil and gas companies, as well as placing a digital bomb in the Nasdaq and hacking JPMorgan and several other financial institutions.

CNNMoney is investigating recent hacks. Have you had money stolen from your bank account? Has someone stolen your identity? Share your story.


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First Published: October 14, 2014: 1:15 PM ET









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http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/10...w-report-says/

Russian hackers used flaw in Microsoft Windows to spy on NATO, a new report says

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=TvGKCZvCUh8

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.. & that's the way the cookie crumbles

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And it gets even worse, folks, as you can read in this article here...

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Considering how often Microsoft Update tries to happen, it's amazing that this "bug" was left be for 6+ years!

The end user is demonized by the corporations as the reason for poor security, while all the time they have been selling us out.
Not to sound bitter/paranoid. But technology is a bit off-the-leash!

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Considering how often Microsoft Update tries to happen, it's amazing that this "bug" was left be for 6+ years!

The end user is demonized by the corporations as the reason for poor security, while all the time they have been selling us out.
Not to sound bitter/paranoid. But technology is a bit off-the-leash!

Oh yeah, Microsoft keeps shooting itself in the foot, Tes. That's one of the reasons why so many people are migrating to GNU/Linux, FreeBSD or even Apple - not that Apple is any better, mind you.

As you may have noticed, the current version of Windows is 8.1 - albeit that its true internal version number is NT 6.3 - and the next release will be called Windows 10. Rumor has it that Microsoft skipped version 9 because it could be pronounced as "Windows? Nein!"