• a concern for XP users?

    From AugustA@21:1/5 to All on Sun May 19 22:21:01 2024
    Gleened from:

    https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/05/how-did-authorities-identify-the-alleged-lockbit-boss/

    "Other posts concerned custom code Pin claimed to have written that would bypass memory protections on Windows XP and Windows 7 systems, and inject malware into memory space normally allocated to trusted applications on a Windows machine."

    "In April 2013, NeroWolfe wrote in a private message to another Verified forum user that he was selling a malware “loader” program that could bypass all of the security protections on Windows XP and Windows 7."

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  • From JJ@21:1/5 to AugustA on Mon May 20 10:29:35 2024
    On Sun, 19 May 2024 22:21:01 -0400, AugustA wrote:
    Gleened from:

    https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/05/how-did-authorities-identify-the-alleged-lockbit-boss/

    "Other posts concerned custom code Pin claimed to have written that would bypass memory protections on Windows XP and Windows 7 systems, and inject malware into memory space normally allocated to trusted applications on a Windows machine."

    "In April 2013, NeroWolfe wrote in a private message to another Verified forum user that he was selling a malware �loader� program that could bypass all of the security protections on Windows XP and Windows 7."

    Don't you know that, MS-DOS is now a safe haven, and Windows 9x/ME have
    become much safer place?

    There's no more new malware there, since malware authors no longer
    interrested on old systems.

    Moreover in current systems, successful rootkits have become more and more difficult to achieve, as more security holes have been patched.

    The weak link nowaday is not security holes, but clueless users.

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  • From R.Wieser@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 20 09:55:40 2024
    JJ,

    The weak link nowaday is not security holes, but clueless users.

    Most security holes need clueless users - highly educated or not - to gain first access.

    ... and those have existed since forever.

    Regards,
    Rudy Wieser

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