Window's Tablet Malfunction

Earlier in class we learned what malware was, but incase you forgot or you missed it, I'll give you a reminder. Malware is malicious code, which is software that is intended to damage or disable computers or computer systems.

You're probably wondering where I'm going with all of this. Well earlier today CNN had reported that Russians have been using Windows tablets to spy on Ukrainian government and a scholar who was living in the United States due to a Microsoft Windows bug. Apparently they have been using a bug that exists in Microsoft Vista, 7, 8, and the newest 8.1.  

Its said that Dallas' intelligence firm (ISight) first saw the hackers attacking back in mid August. They were sending emails with malware in the forms of PowerPoint attachments to spy on Ukrainian government officials by using a technique called phishing.

     Phishing: is a way to acquire sensitive information by pretending/acting as a trustworthy      software/program.

The fact that this happened is pretty amazing especially with a company such as Microsoft would allow something such as this to happen. Then again bugs are a part of computer programing and technology, so I can definitely see how this is a possibility. The reason this caught my interest though was because of how much interest I had in the surface pro 3. Although I doubt I would have any problem with this, seeing that I wouldn't be the one getting targeted. However it's still interesting to see that things like this happen even with reliable companies, such as Microsoft. Who's to say it won't happen to another reliable technology company.

Source: http://money.cnn.com/2014/10/14/technology/security/russia-hackers/index.html