www/proprietary malware-microsoft.html

[Therese Godefroy]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Therese Godefroy <th_g> 18/10/07 15:25:57

Modified files:
        proprietary    : malware-microsoft.html 

Log message:
        Add NSA/writable microcode item; restyle intro.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.78&r2=1.79

Patches:
Index: malware-microsoft.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html,v
retrieving revision 1.78
retrieving revision 1.79
diff -u -b -r1.78 -r1.79
--- malware-microsoft.html      5 Oct 2018 17:21:23 -0000       1.78
+++ malware-microsoft.html      7 Oct 2018 19:25:57 -0000       1.79
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 <p><a href="/proprietary/proprietary.html">Other examples of proprietary
 malware</a></p>
 
-<div class="highlight-para">
+<div class="comment">
 <p>
 <em>Malware</em> means software designed to function in ways that
 mistreat or harm the user.  (This does not include accidental errors.)
@@ -34,14 +34,16 @@
 any malicious functionalities tempts the developer to impose some.
 </p>
 
+<div class="important" style="margin-bottom: 2em">
 <p>If you know of an example that ought to be in this page but isn't
 here, please write
 to <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>&lt;address@hidden&gt;</a>
 to inform us. Please include the URL of a trustworthy reference or two
 to present the specifics.</p>
 </div>
+</div>
 
-<div class="summary" style="margin-top: 2em">
+<div class="summary">
 <h3>Type&nbsp;of malware</h3>
 <ul>
   <li><a href="#back-doors">Back doors</a></li>
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@
 <h3 id="back-doors">Microsoft Back Doors</h3>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT backdoor -->
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-back-door -->
   <li id="M201608172">
     <p id="windows-update">Microsoft
     Windows has a universal back door through which <a
@@ -98,6 +100,15 @@
     door capabilities of the TPM 2.0 chip.</p>
   </li>
 
+  <li id="M201307300">
+    <p>Here is a suspicion that
+    we can't prove, but is worth thinking about: <a
+    
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150206003913/http://www.afr.com/p/technology/intel_chips_could_be_nsa_key_to_ymrhS1HS1633gCWKt5tFtI";>
+    Writable microcode for Intel and AMD microprocessors</a> may be a
+    vehicle for the NSA to invade computers, with the help of Microsoft,
+    say respected security experts.</p>
+  </li>
+
   <li id="M201112081">
     <p>Windows 8 also has a back door for <a
     
href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2500036/desktop-apps/microsoft--we-can-remotely-delete-windows-8-apps.html";>
@@ -115,7 +126,7 @@
 <h3 id="drm">Microsoft DRM</h3>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT DRM -->
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-dr -->
   <li id="M200708131">
     <p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/2007/08/aacs-tentacles/";>DRM
     in Windows</a>, introduced to cater to <a
@@ -135,7 +146,7 @@
   bugs.</p>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT insecurity -->
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-insec -->
   <li id="M201705120">
     <p>Exploits of bugs in Windows, which were developed by the NSA
     and then leaked by the Shadowbrokers group, are now being used to <a
@@ -169,7 +180,7 @@
 section describes examples of Microsoft committing interference.</p>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT interference -->
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-interf -->
   <li id="M201809120">
     <p>One version of Windows 10 <a
     
href="https://www.ghacks.net/2018/09/12/microsoft-intercepting-firefox-chrome-installation-on-windows-10/";>
@@ -242,32 +253,6 @@
 </ul>
 
 
-<h3 id="jails">Microsoft Jails</h3>
-
-<ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT jails -->
-  <li id="M201706130">
-    <p>Windows 10 S was a jail: <a
-    
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/03/windows-10-s-microsoft-faster-pc-comparison";>
-    only programs from the Windows Store could be
-    installed and executed</a>. It was however possible to <a
-    
href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/13/15789998/microsoft-windows-10-s-upgrade-windows-10-pro-guide";>
-    upgrade to Windows 10 Pro</a>. The successor of Windows
-    10 S is a special configuration of Windows 10 called <a
-    
href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4020089/windows-10-in-s-mode-faq";>
-    S mode</a>. The major difference with Windows 10 S is that there is
-    an easy way to switch out of S mode.</p>
-  </li>
-
-  <li id="M201210080">
-    <p><a
-    
href="http://www.itworld.com/article/2832657/operating-systems/microsoft-metro-app-store-lock-down.html";>
-    Windows 8 on &ldquo;mobile devices&rdquo; (now defunct) was a
-    jail</a>.</p>
-  </li>
-</ul>
-
-
 <h3 id="sabotage">Microsoft Sabotage</h3>
 
 <p>The wrongs in this section are not precisely malware, since they do
@@ -276,7 +261,7 @@
 actions that harm the users of specific Microsoft software.</p>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT sabotage -->
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-sab -->
   <li id="M201704194">
     <p>Microsoft has made Windows 7
     and 8 cease to function on certain new computers, <a
@@ -367,7 +352,7 @@
 <h3 id="subscriptions">Microsoft Subscriptions</h3>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT subscriptions -->
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-subscript -->
   <li id="M201507150">
     <p>Microsoft Office forces users <a
     
href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/2948755/windows-apps/office-for-windows-10-will-require-office-365-subscription-on-pcs-larger-tablets.html";>to
@@ -524,10 +509,36 @@
 </ul>
 
 
+<h3 id="jails">Microsoft Jails</h3>
+
+<ul class="blurbs">
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-jail -->
+  <li id="M201706130">
+    <p>Windows 10 S was a jail: <a
+    
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/03/windows-10-s-microsoft-faster-pc-comparison";>
+    only programs from the Windows Store could be
+    installed and executed</a>. It was however possible to <a
+    
href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/13/15789998/microsoft-windows-10-s-upgrade-windows-10-pro-guide";>
+    upgrade to Windows 10 Pro</a>. The successor of Windows
+    10 S is a special configuration of Windows 10 called <a
+    
href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4020089/windows-10-in-s-mode-faq";>
+    S mode</a>. The major difference with Windows 10 S is that there is
+    an easy way to switch out of S mode.</p>
+  </li>
+
+  <li id="M201210080">
+    <p><a
+    
href="http://www.itworld.com/article/2832657/operating-systems/microsoft-metro-app-store-lock-down.html";>
+    Windows 8 on &ldquo;mobile devices&rdquo; (now defunct) was a
+    jail</a>.</p>
+  </li>
+</ul>
+
+
 <h3 id="tyrants">Microsoft Tyrants</h3>
 
 <ul class="blurbs">
-<!-- INSERT tyrants -->
+<!-- INSERT microsoft-tyrant -->
   <li id="M201607150">
     <p>Microsoft accidentally left a way for users
     to install GNU/Linux on Windows RT tablets, but now it has <a
@@ -605,7 +616,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2018/10/05 17:21:23 $
+$Date: 2018/10/07 19:25:57 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>