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"This is one of the worst Windows vulnerabilities ever," said Marc Maiffret, an executive at eEye Digital Security Inc. of Aliso Viejo, Calif., whose researchers discovered similarly dangerous flaws in at least three earlier versions of Windows.
Looks like they outdid themselves again - nice way to start off Windows Server 2003. Does Microsoft know about their bugs most of the time and just hope no one finds them - that way their software doesn't seem to be as shoddy as it is? If they spent hundreds of millions of dollars on security improvements then you'd think they'd find something that big.
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The announcement came one day after the Department of Homeland Security announced that it awarded a five-year, $90-million contract for Microsoft to supply all its most important desktop and server software for about 140,000 computers inside the new federal agency.
This is what frightens me the most. C'mon, the people (monkeys?) at MS can't keep their software bugs and flaws straight, so if there's a logical reason why they have an important job protecting the U.S. then I'd like to hear it. Homeland Security will spend more time making sure the agency is secure rather than the country.
