Schneier: Windows is a hackers best friend
HACKERS ARE focusing their love and attention on two key Windows components, according to security boffin Bruce Schneier.
Schneier, who runs an outfit called Counterpane, monitors more than 450 networks in 35 countries.
He told the Sydney Morning Herald that over the last few months, the two attack vectors that he saw in volume were against the Windows DCOM (Distributed Component Object Model) interface of the RPC (remote procedure call) service and against the Windows LSASS (Local Security Authority Subsystem Service).
Schneier said that these two areas were currently hot with virus and worm writers, and he expected this trend to continue.
He is predicting that later this year, users will see more sophisticated worms, especially if they get up early.
