A major flaw in a common component of Microsoft Windows was released today along with a security patch. I say this is a major flaw because it allows an attacker complete control of a targeted system. The folks at eEye who discovered the flaw also wrote a nice little rhyme to the beat of MC Hammer's "Can't Touch This" in this article...
U Can't Trust This
By: MCSE Hammer
Blaster did ya some harm
We just say, hey, another worm
But thank you, for trusting me
To mind your site's security
It's all good, when your server's downed
Our dope PR will pass blame around
Cuz it's known as such
That this is some software, you can't trust
I told ya Homeland
U can't trust this
Yeah that's why we're giving ya the code
U can't trust this
Check out eEye, man
U can't trust this
Yo let 'em bust more funky system
U can't trust this
Give 'em a string or recvfrom
Like no sweat they got the keys to your kingdom
Now ya know
You talk about eEye, you're talking about holes
Remote and tight
Coders still sweating so someone better write
A book to learn
What it's gonna take in '04
To earn some trust
Legit, either secure or ya might as well quit
That's the word because you know
U can't trust this
U can't trust this
Breakin' in Stop -- eEye time
We just say, hey, another worm
But thank you, for trusting me
To mind your site's security
It's all good, when your server's downed
Our dope PR will pass blame around
Cuz it's known as such
That this is some software, you can't trust
I told ya Homeland
U can't trust this
Yeah that's why we're giving ya the code
U can't trust this
Check out eEye, man
U can't trust this
Yo let 'em bust more funky system
U can't trust this
Give 'em a string or recvfrom
Like no sweat they got the keys to your kingdom
Now ya know
You talk about eEye, you're talking about holes
Remote and tight
Coders still sweating so someone better write
A book to learn
What it's gonna take in '04
To earn some trust
Legit, either secure or ya might as well quit
That's the word because you know
U can't trust this
U can't trust this
Breakin' in Stop -- eEye time
Strategically placing hand over business cards so that only "Mac" is visible:
http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Upcoming/index.html
Andy, you may need to clarify your post. Are you suggesting that there will be a number of security flaws released soon and we should just all go by Macs to be safe?
It's Microsoft policy not to comment on security patches until they are released. However, as you can see in the link I provided, eEye has discovered numerous security flaws in Windows (and, if you look around their site, numerous other applications from various vendors) that have yet to be patched (and, therefore, eEye does not provide public descriptions of the problem).