Friday sort-of funnies: a new Vista security hole

[Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>]

This just in from Woody's Office Watch (www.office-watch.com) about a  
clever -- and very funny, at least if you're using a Mac -- new  
security hole in Vista*. Apparently, it's possible to set up a Web  
site so that it automatically runs an MP3 file that (if properly  
designed) can trigger Vista's voice recognition system if you're  
unfortuante enough to have the speakers and microphone in the right/ 
wrong positions, so that the mike picks up the spoken commands  
embedded in the MP3. I can see the black hats hacking the official  
Beatles fan site: "Paul is dead. By the way: Computer, Format C:. You  
are the walrus." <g>

* Though strictly speaking, it's not a Vista problem; this could  
affect anyone using any speech recognition software, even on a Mac or  
Linux box. I can hardly wait for the bad guys to hack the handwriting  
recognition engine. <g>


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