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Windows Error Reporting used to discover new attacks

Security firm Websense published a report that explains how they can use error reports generated by Windows to discover new targeted attacks (โ€˜APTsโ€˜ in security hipster speak). Itโ€™s interesting, but it barely touches on the fact that these reports being sent in cleartext is also a serious problem. I wrote a blog on both sides of this issue for Virus Bulletin.
(Iโ€™m not sure if anyone is reading my musings here, but I thought it might be a nice idea to link to things I write elsewhere. I also hope to find inspiration to write the odd thing that has nothing to do with computers or security at all.)