Using Windows Error Reports to Detect Unknown Breaches

It goes on to add, "Please tell Microsoft about this problem. This information may be intercepted by a foreign SIGINT system to gather detailed information and better exploit your machine."  There is, however, a more positive use of crash reports. Websense has today published a new whitepaper titled Using Anomalies in Crash Reports to Detect Unknown Threats. The paper has grown out of an earlier report, released almost simultaneously with Spiegel's NSA report, which had noted, "These error logs could ultimately allow eavesdroppers to map out vulnerable endpoints and gain a foothold within the network for more advanced penetration."