Google exposes Microsoft's bug again!

January 19, 2015 15:50
Google exposes Microsoft's bug again!

Internet giant, Google has once again exposed the bugs in Microsoft's Windows 7 and 8.1 operating system that it found while examining under its 'Project Zero.' The Redmond giant has been informed regarding the security vulnerabilities and is expected to come with a solution in the February patch. Out of the two bugs, one is the function of CryptProtectMemory that lets the application to encrypt memory for any one [process, logon sessions and computer]. This will make it easy for hackers to encrypt and decrypt the data of other personal computer.

This is not the first case for Google to identify the vulnerabilities in operating system. Earlier this month, Google published a vulnerability in Windows 8.1 under the 'Project Zero' initiative which tracks the flaws in software, conducts in-depth research and inform the developers about the possible way to exploit it.  Google sets a time period of 90 days to rectify this bug and if not done, it will go ahead with publishing of the bug with code that can't be changed.

Microsoft is heard to have taken the Google's report in consideration and is working accordingly to the fix the bugs.

- TVR

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