[LINK] Re: Windows XP versus Vista

Adrian Chadd adrian at creative.net.au
Sat Jan 26 20:16:26 AEDT 2008


On Sat, Jan 26, 2008, Rick Welykochy wrote:

> "What???s important to realise, however, is that this Trojan doesn???t
>  exploit a vulnerability in OS X, Leopard, Tiger, or any Apple code.
>  This Trojan exploits the vulnerability within the person sitting in
>  front of the keyboard."

Of course, I'm constantly surprised why a third-party CODEC runs with full
system privileges. :)

"Broken By Design" is the concept here.



Adrian




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