Microsoft Admits Flaw in Windows Software WASHINGTON - Microsoft Corp. acknowledged a critical vulnerability Wednesday in nearly all versions of its flagship Windows operating system software, the first such design flaw to affect its latest Windows Server 2003 software. ... Microsoft said corporate firewalls commonly block the type of data connections that hackers outside a company would need for these attacks. The flaw affects Windows technology used to share data files across computer networks. [Yes but a virus can exploit from *within* the system.] ... But four Polish researchers, known as the "Last Stage of Delirium Research Group," said they discovered how to bypass the additional protections Microsoft added, just three months after the software went on sale. [Gotta love that acronym..] ------ Router attack, ca. 1954: Bikers disable a town's router infrastructure in _The Wild Ones_. Her name is Dorothy, she runs a plugboard, she runs off scared.