Microsoft Decries Vista PatchGuard Hack

Microsoft officials say they are unhappy that security software maker Authentium has decided to bypass the controversial PatchGuard kernel protection feature in its next-generation Vista operating system, and said that the tactic could lead to eventual problems for users of the company's software.

Authentium isn't the only party to contend that PatchGuard can be bypassed easily. A security researcher associated with the Metasploit Project has already published an essay of the Uninformed.org IT exploit research site that proposes several different techniques that could be used to circumvent PatchGuard.

Read the article HERE.