Reply to post: "the SMB server bug is the result of a buffer overflow in Microsoft's code. "

74 countries hit by NSA-powered WannaCrypt ransomware backdoor: Emergency fixes emitted by Microsoft for WinXP+

John Smith 19 Gold badge
FAIL

"the SMB server bug is the result of a buffer overflow in Microsoft's code. "

BTW People make a big thing about XP but this SMB stuff is in all versions of Windows.

Remember when MS claimed they'd spent $Bn training their devs to not write insecure code and totally re-written the code base to eliminate these flaws?

How do you know when you're dealing with a monopoly?

Simple. When s**t this serious still does not force CTO level management to think "Maybe I should think about running something else on the desktop?"

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