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Although Windows XP is a legendary operating system that many people have raised to number one in mind and used to be widely used in the 2000s from home to office to enterprise, in modern times,

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Most recently, Eric Parker, an independent security researcher, experimented with bringing Windows XP Service Pack 3 Maran on a VM machine and then shutting down several key protections, such as Firewall and NAT, while connecting the machine directly to the Internet via Public IP to simulate open-access computer conditions as in the past.

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As a result, in about 10 minutes, Windows XP began to show signs of malware addiction, finding a suspected process called "conhoz.exe" that was a Trojan malware type, and then finding other malware running inside the system's temporary folder, including an unauthorized FTP connection, which could allow an attacker to take remote control of the machine.

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Other risky behaviors have also been found, such as modifying DNS values to change traffic and creating a new account on the system to retain access to the machine, reflecting that unprotected machines can be quickly attacked and occupied, even if the user does not open the web or download any files.

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One of the reasons why Windows XP is so vulnerable is that it has not received normal security patches for many years, leaving many old vulnerabilities that can be exploited by attackers, such as a vulnerability in a remote attack-related group like EternalBlue, which has been used to spread famous malware and ransomware in the past.

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But in this experiment, it was not explicitly confirmed that malware addiction was directly caused by EternalBlue, but an example that reflected the risks of the system not being updated.

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Eric Parker also experimented in similar conditions with Windows 7, the newer operating system. It was found that the machine could stay connected to the Internet for around 10 hours without finding the same malware addiction signal as Windows XP. It showed that the protection system and security structure of the newer Windows were much stronger, but it was not meant to be 100% secure without updates or careful use.

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Source: modernetdigital

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