Vista security claim challenged
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Security experts have thrown doubt on Bill Gates' claim that Vista is 'more secure' than other operating systems.
It may be more secure than other versions of Windows, they said, but there are older operating systems that are still safer.
Others said that its security rested on how people use the new system rather than on any individual technology.
There is also evidence that malicious hackers are refining attacks to cope with the changes Vista makes.
Old iron
Mr Gates made the claim that Vista was 'dramatically more secure' during an interview with BBC News. He said the improved security in Vista was a reason all by itself to upgrade from Windows XP.
Microsoft has spent more than five years developing Vista and some of the delays to its launch have occurred as developers struggle to make it more secure.
Malicious hackers are already known to be targeting Vista and carrying out research to expose its weaknesses.
'For sure, people are hammering away on it,' Jeff Moss, the organiser of the Defcon hacking convention, told Reuters.
Security experts have thrown doubt on Bill Gates' claim that Vista is 'more secure' than other operating systems.It may be more secure than other versions of Windows, they said, but there are older operating systems that are still safer.
Others said that its security rested on how people use the new system rather than on any individual technology.
There is also evidence that malicious hackers are refining attacks to cope with the changes Vista makes.
Old iron
Mr Gates made the claim that Vista was 'dramatically more secure' during an interview with BBC News. He said the improved security in Vista was a reason all by itself to upgrade from Windows XP.
Microsoft has spent more than five years developing Vista and some of the delays to its launch have occurred as developers struggle to make it more secure.
Malicious hackers are already known to be targeting Vista and carrying out research to expose its weaknesses.
'For sure, people are hammering away on it,' Jeff Moss, the organiser of the Defcon hacking convention, told Reuters.
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