Microsoft has issued a patch for three vulnerabilities in SMB networking.
Patch MS09-001 fixes a serious hole
which could allow a hacker to take control of any windows machine from Windows
2000 through to the Windows 7 beta. This includes Windows server 2003.
Two of the flaws are rated Moderate for
Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. The patch cannot be used to fix the
Windows 7 vulnerability. Microsoft said that this upgrade will be fixed in
another public version.
This means that people playing around with the beta
should be a little careful about security.