Re: Simple, for dummies details please
There aren't many specific details yet I don't think - although this has been known about privately by MS for some time, details have deliberately been withheld to allow a patch to be created and rolled out before the bad guys / hackers figure out exactly what it is, and how to exploit it (maybe the NSA already have, but not your average bone-headed hacker type).
Usually hackers will reverse-engineer the patch code to try to figure out what the actual bug is, once it is released publicly, so exploits are probably on the way very soon.
That's why it's simply not a good idea anymore to be using an unsupported 13 year old OS like XP. No more excuses. It doesn't matter what the details are - you need to be patched or you may be pwned, simple as that. It was only a matter of time before something like this landed, and there will only be more in the future.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
