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Rackspace has patched an arbitrary code execution bug in its Windows environment, following an advisory from CloudPassage. CloudPassage discovered that the Rackspace Windows Agent and Updater allowed unauthenticated users to upload a modified version of the agent binary to Rackspace Cloud Server instances. The modified code …

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  1. Captain DaFt

    "Port 1984 (El Reg presumes the port number is pure coincidence)"

    I assumed that someone at the NSA has a dark sense of humor.

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    1. tempemeaty
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      Re: "Port 1984 (El Reg presumes the port number is pure coincidence)"

      Nothing like broadcasting ones intent...

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    2. Old Handle
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      Re: "Port 1984 (El Reg presumes the port number is pure coincidence)"

      I just looked it up, and apparently 1984 is the official port for Big Brother. No really. It's a network monitoring tool. I can't figure out if that has any connection to this though.

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  2. Old Handle

    This kind of thing is why automatic updates scare me. Every update service is essentially a backdoor which you're just supposed to trust will only be used for benevolent purposes. Anything goes wrong (either with their security or their ethics) and a huge number of computers can be pwned all at once.

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    1. Pascal Monett Silver badge
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      Yup, that's technology.

      You can always screw up, but to really screw things up, nothing beats computers.

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