The Google Project Zero hacker James Forshaw assessed Windows 10 analyzing the big risks related with the new OS from Microsoft.
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James Forshaw, a member of the Google Project Zero hacking crew, was given the task to asses [sic] Windows 10, and see if there were big risks related with the new OS from Microsoft.
Forshaw talked about his findings and opinions in a presentation called, Windows 10: Two steps forward, one step back at Ruxcon security conference in Melbourne, Australia, on last Saturday.
James Forshaw pointed out the following:
• Windows 10 has 196 system services and 291 drivers enabled by default
• Windows 8.1 had 169 system services and 253 drivers enabled by default
• Windows 7 SP1 had 150 system services and 238 drivers enabled by default
"There are more system services and drivers which means more attack surface," Forshaw explains. "Local system is the god account on Windows and as we go towards (Windows) 10 more services as a percentage of the total are running as the absolute highest account." "That's not great."
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