{"id":549817,"date":"2006-08-11T12:07:13","date_gmt":"2006-08-11T12:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/549817-microsoft-os-dangerously-vulnerable.html"},"modified":"2006-08-11T12:07:13","modified_gmt":"2006-08-11T12:07:13","slug":"microsoft-os-dangerously-vulnerable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/549817-microsoft-os-dangerously-vulnerable.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft OS dangerously vulnerable"},"content":{"rendered":"

Windows runs most of the world’s computers and has been a constant target of attacks by worms, trojans, viruses and other malicious software. Microsoft routinely releases security updates and patches. <\/font><\/p>\n

However, it was unusual for the US government’s anti-terrorism department to call on the public to seal a crack in Windows before attackers broke in. <\/font><\/p>\n

"This vulnerability could impact government systems, private industry and critical infrastructure, as well as individual and home users," the DHS said in a release. <\/font><\/p>\n

Attackers could take advantage of the software weakness to remotely take control of computers, according to the DHS. <\/font><\/p>\n

PC users were called on to apply Microsoft security patch MS06-040 "as quickly as possible." <\/font><\/p>\n

The department said its Computer Emergency Readiness Team was working with Microsoft to protect or minimize the damage to government machines. <\/font><\/p>\n

Attempts to exploit vulnerabilities in operating systems typically spike in the days after security patches are released. <\/font><\/p>\n

Computer security professionals advise people to keep their operating system software current and use up-to-date anti-virus programs. <\/font><\/p>\n

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The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) urged personal computer owners to immediately fix a dangerous vulnerabililty in Microsoft’s Windows operating systems. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-549817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549817"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549817\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}