Odd coincidence. Back on 30 January 2004 Microsoft posted a $250,000 reward for the author of the MyDoom worm, and on the same day you asked here about possible z/OS vulnerabilities:
http://groups.google.com/group/bit.listserv.ibm-main/browse_thread/thread/d7f241b5d0ea21/3f02bd980870b55e?lnk=st&q=john+regus&rnum=12#3f02bd980870b55e http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/01/30/ms_posts_250_000_mydoom/ Then lo and behold, a year later, they expose their corporate customers to the WMF vulnerability and you redevelop the same interest on the same day again: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39245875,00.htm "'In addition, Microsoft is releasing the update early in response to strong customer sentiment that the release should be made available as soon as possible,' the company said." Hmmm. I can imagine. " _W_T_F_!??!?!" or something very similar from some reasonably powerful people who are now perhaps wondering what kind of OS supplier they are now in bed with.. "Also on Thursday, Microsoft said that older versions of Windows are immune to the latest wave of attacks targeting the operating system. While Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 are vulnerable, Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition are not exposed to the same threats that exploit the WMF flaw, according to an update to a Microsoft security advisory on the issue." Anyone heard of Steve Barkto? -- Phil Payne http://www.isham-research.co.uk +44 7833 654 800 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
