On 2025-11-27, Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> wrote: > > There's nothing special about Microsoft -- it happens to Apple, Unix > and Linux, too. Malware authors are equal opportunity. > > To stop the threat, you patch your machines in a timely manner.
Right, but sadly the human element can be socially engineered in a way that obviates simple software security. > You can read more about how to design secure systems in Peter > Gutmann's book Engineering Security, ><https://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/book.pdf>. The > discussion on the Microsoft study was presented in Writing Secure Code > by Howard and LeBlanc, if I recall correctly. > > Jeff > >
