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The two main attack vectors according to the article are IE and Flash. I think I read here in HN a while ago that using Windows boxes was highly controlled in G
by elteto 14y ago
The two main attack vectors according to the article are IE and Flash. I think I read here in HN a while ago that using Windows boxes was highly controlled in Google nowadays, and even some kind of permission was needed. Strong correlation here, it seems that Google was indeed hit and probably hard.
- codeka 14y agoYes, it was pretty widely published (eg [1]) that the reason for the move away from Windows was because of these attacks. [1]: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d2f3f04e-6ccf-11df-91c8-00144feab49a.html http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d2f3f04e-6ccf-11df-91c8-00144feab4...
- SkyMarshal 14y agoWindows is highly controlled because of the 2010 attack the author references. Google eliminated Windows as a workstation choice for employees after that, allowing only Linux or Mac. They still have Windows around for testing, or special cases that have to get approved, but very sandboxed.