[funsec] A candidate for the 'worst idea ever' award?

2009-02-06 Thread Jim Murray
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7874151.stm Microsoft appears to now be encouraging users to run code directly from webpages to fix PC problems. Doesn't anyone there actually think beyond the 'oh, this looks cool' stage? IT managers support teams already have enough problems caused by

Re: [funsec] A candidate for the 'worst idea ever' award?

2009-02-06 Thread John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP
They've done so much to help online crime, why quit while they are behind. On 2/6/09, Jim Murray j...@digitaldaemons.co.uk wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7874151.stm Microsoft appears to now be encouraging users to run code directly from webpages to fix PC problems. Doesn't

Re: [funsec] A candidate for the 'worst idea ever' award?

2009-02-06 Thread Jeff Kell
John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP wrote: They've done so much to help online crime, why quit while they are behind. On 2/6/09, Jim Murray j...@digitaldaemons.co.uk wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7874151.stm Microsoft appears to now be encouraging users to run code directly

Re: [funsec] A candidate for the 'worst idea ever' award?

2009-02-06 Thread Tomas L. Byrnes
, 2009 5:33 PM To: John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP Cc: funsec Subject: Re: [funsec] A candidate for the 'worst idea ever' award? John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP wrote: They've done so much to help online crime, why quit while they are behind. On 2/6/09, Jim Murray j...@digitaldaemons.co.uk wrote