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Skriven 2007-02-01 17:15:40 av Adam (1:379/45)
Ärende: ROFLMAO a new Attack vector 4 Vista
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From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"@the field.near the bridge">

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6320865.stm

Oh my oh my.....this did make me laugh...

"Microsoft has admitted that speech recognition features in Vista could be
hijacked so that a PC tells itself to delete files or folders.

Vista can respond to vocal commands and concern has been raised about malicious
audio on websites or sent via e-mail.

In one scenario outlined by users a MP3 file of voice instructions was used to
tell the PC to delete documents.

Microsoft said the exploit was "technically possible" but there was no need to
worry.

The firm has pointed out that in order for the flaw to be exploited the speech
recognition feature would need to be activated and configured and both
microphone and speakers would have to be switched on.

"The exploit scenario would involve the speech recognition feature picking up
commands through the microphone such as 'copy', 'delete',
'shutdown', etc. and acting on them," a Microsoft security researcher
wrote on the team's official blog.

Some Vista users have already tested the exploit and were able to delete files
and empty the trash can so that the documents were not retrievable. "

Excuse me while I place an auto loading soundfile on my website...<G>

"Format C....Format C...Format C"

Adam

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