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Windows zero-day exploited by same group behind DNC hack
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Enlarge / That bear looks familiar.
On Oct. 31, Google’s Threat Analysis Group revealed a vulnerability in most versions of Windows that is actively being exploited by malware attacks.
Today, Terry Myerson, executive vice president of Microsoft’s Windows and Devices group, acknowledged the exploit was being used actively by a sophisticated threat group—the same threat group involved in the hacks that led to the breach of data from the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign. And while a patch is on the way for the vulnerability, he encouraged customers to upgrade to Windows 10 for protection from further advanced threats.
In an advisory, Myerson wrote:
In the run-up to Microsoft’s new financial year (the current one ends when the month does), Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella sent a companywide e-mail to lay out the company’s direction for the next year and beyond.
The e-mail, exclusively reproduced by GeekWire sets out a new mission statement for the company: “[T]o empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.” Nadella elaborates further, saying that Microsoft has a “unique capability in harmonizing the needs of both individuals and organizations” and that its employees “deeply care about taking things global and making a difference in lives and organizations in all corners of the planet.”
The new mission statement doesn’t seem to be a million miles away from the mission described by Nadella’s predecessor, Steve Ballmer. In 2013 Ballmer wrote that Microsoft was to “create a family of devices and services for individuals and businesses that empower people around the globe at home, at work and on the go, for the activities they value most.”
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