Showing posts with label Vista Hacked?? Not so much..... Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vista Hacked?? Not so much..... Show all posts

Monday, March 31, 2008

Irresponsible Journalism

This morning while perusing my news headlines, one jumped out at me:

“Windows Vista Hacked at CanSecWest Conference”

However when I read the full article at
http://www.newsoxy.com/windows_vista_hacked_at_cansecwest_conference/article10640.htm

it turns out Vista *was not* hacked, Adobe Flash was! During the hacking contest, apparently the hackers were unable to crack Vista itself, unlike Apple OS X which fell in 1 day. It was only after the rules were amended to allow attacks against 3rd party software that runs on the OS that the flaw was found in Flash.
I do not understand how a publication can allow a headline which is completely untrue!