Hear what goes on internally when Microsoft discovers a major vulnerability within Windows.
Guest
Thanks to John Lambert for sharing this story with us.
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Sources
- https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/johnla/2015/09/26/the-inside-story-behind-ms08-067/
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2008/ms08-067
- https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/payment-processor-scareware-cybercrime-ring-sentenced-48-months-prison
- https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/29/opinion/sunday/conficker-worm-ukraine.html
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0601
- https://www.wired.com/story/nsa-windows-10-vulnerability-disclosure/
- Book: Worm
Attribution
Darknet Diaries is created by Jack Rhysider.
Episode artwork by odibagas.
Theme music created by Breakmaster Cylinder. Theme song available for listen and download at bandcamp. Or listen to it on Spotify.
Equipment
Recording equipment used this episode was the Shure SM7B, a cloudlifter, Motu M2, Sony MDR7506 headphones, and Hindenburg audio editor.
Transcript
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