Fireeye posted a story earlier today outlining a zero day affecting XP and Windows 2003:
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Rob VandenBrink 577 Posts ISC Handler Nov 28th 2013 |
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Nov 28th 2013 8 years ago |
"Malware authors today are sitting on their XP zero day vulnerabilities and attacks, because they know that after the last set of hotfixes for XP is released in April 2014"
Is there any evidence, we can use to show that, or is it still just opinion that some malware authors are sacrificing opportunities to exploit zero days; in order to wait, until they won't be patched? "If you are still running Windows XP, there is no project on your list that is more important than migrating to Windows 7 or 8. " Completely eradicating the presence of XP may be easier said than done. Old hardware still in use that can't run Vista or newer --- the sudden cost will be difficult to justify. Then there are the folks who may occassionally plug a personal laptop in; fact is, we need the attitude that "Windows XP just works" to go away, first. |
Mysid 146 Posts |
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Nov 28th 2013 8 years ago |
Not including DOS, 3.X to 3.11 there has not been one Microsoft product that has not experienced a host of upgrades, SP as will Windows 7, 8 given their same saturation rate. Billionaire and Bill Gates have the same first 4 letters not by mistake!
What was once "no issues with OSx" negative ghost rider or Droid et al. Fact is, software is nothing but a sequential links of a chain waiting for failure, anyone who thinks differently needs to stick to pen/pencil or paper. |
ICI2I 63 Posts |
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Nov 28th 2013 8 years ago |
Just a comment on cost to upgrade hardware in support of XP replacement. Any IT Director/Manager worth his/her salt will have already planned for this eventuality.
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ICI2I 4 Posts |
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Dec 2nd 2013 8 years ago |
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