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New Vulnerability in Windows 10 allows attackers to crash your PC
A new Vulnerability in Windows 10 has been detected by researchers from the Carnegie Mellon University, it allows allows attackers to be able to crash computers. It seems that Microsoft has no fix for this issue just yet.
The vunerability is effecting the latest versions of Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. The issues is related towards the Windows SMB network protocol that connects Windows computers with network drives, printers and other devices. SMB will not not properly handle certain types of data. By creating a malicious SMB device and connect a computer to that will result into your PC crashing.
It is a little unclear how the vulnerability can be exploited as you need to perform this within a local LAN and this be in the same building as the PCs are. However of you have setup an open DMZ zone on your router or have ports TCP ports 139 and 445 along with UDP ports 137 and 138 you could be vunerable. Other then the crash no data otherwise is compromised.
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#5388561 Posted on: 02/04/2017 03:39 AM
We don't need hackers to crash Windows for us, it's already a feature
Thanks I shot pop out my nose.
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#5388562 Posted on: 02/04/2017 03:42 AM
Do people still get Windows crashes, i've not saw this since the XP and early W7 days.
Even on the fast ring for W10 it's really hard to cause it.
Since going strictly Intel none of my builds crash. Current system was built in 2011 and runs 24/7.
Do people still get Windows crashes, i've not saw this since the XP and early W7 days.
Even on the fast ring for W10 it's really hard to cause it.
Since going strictly Intel none of my builds crash. Current system was built in 2011 and runs 24/7.
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#5388572 Posted on: 02/04/2017 04:27 AM
My only system that runs 24/7 is dual Pentium III on NT 4.0 server.
My only system that runs 24/7 is dual Pentium III on NT 4.0 server.
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#5388582 Posted on: 02/04/2017 06:17 AM
Do people still get Windows crashes, i've not saw this since the XP and early W7 days.
Even on the fast ring for W10 it's really hard to cause it.
Good joke. Fast ring is full of GSODs since forever.
Do people still get Windows crashes, i've not saw this since the XP and early W7 days.
Even on the fast ring for W10 it's really hard to cause it.
Good joke. Fast ring is full of GSODs since forever.
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But...but microsoft said windows 10 is more secure than 7 wtf?
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