Remember the Heartbleed
bug that affected website and servers that use the OpenSSL library. This week,
Microsoft announced that they also found a vulnerability in the Windows
platform that could allow hackers to take control of one’s computer by simply
sending a packet of data to a Windows server.
According to Microsoft, the vulnerability called Schannel
(short for Secure channel) has been found on early generations of its Windows
platform dating back 2003. These include Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista,
Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows
Server 2012, Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2.
The good thing is that Microsoft has already released a
patch to fix the vulnerability. So the company is advising for everyone using
the Windows platform to install the updates in order for the bug to be patched.
