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• Do Vista Users Need Fewer Security Patches Than XP Users?

  On January 23, Jeff Jones, Director of Security at Microsoft, published his "One Year Vulnerability Report" for Windows Vista. In the report, he analyzed whether Windows Vista had fewer vulnerabilities in its first year than it's predecessor, Windows XP had in its first year. Jeff also Read More... Posted Thursday, January 24, 2008 7:13 PM from Jesper's Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Running Windows

• Using Autoplay on Vista To Stop Attacks

  The January issue of TechNet Magazine has an article I wrote about how to hack a system using autoplaying USB flash drives. While it is not possible to stop all attacks from USB tokens, Vista does include some interesting protective measures. However, the autoplay decision flow in Vista is quite convoluted, Read More... Posted Sunday, December 23, 2007 1:41 PM from Jesper's Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, Running Windows, Security