I recommend saying "format c: /q" near your new Vista machine
WindowsAs reported by ZDnet, Microsoft has left a funny security hole in their new offering to the masses that allows an attacker - or just someone who is able to... you know...talk and stuff - to verbally execute commands through its speech recognition feature. One point that has been brought up is that someone could send an audio file that played the commands for your computer to follow. How about that! So for those of you who continue to use Windows and migrate to Vista, you might consider disabling leaving your microphone off unless you are actually using it. Also, before they get a patch out, you *have* to go play with it and let me know what you were able to actually do!
Here is the complete article which includes a confirmation response from Microsoft on the exploit.
http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20010320&...
Still, it's an interesting article, but I don't really agree with it being called an exploit - people just need to know that microphones and audio playback is now a legitimate input device too and to not leave their PC unattended (that's always been a golden rule) and not to trust files from people you don't trust (another golden rule).
Good post :)
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