Home Messages Index
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Author IndexDate IndexThread Index

Re: [News] Microsoft Hires Hackers

__/ [ ws ] on Tuesday 15 August 2006 10:00 \__

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Microsoft Secures Vista With LSD
>> 
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | In 2003, the group of four Polish security researchers discovered
>> | the vulnerability that would later be used by others to unleash the
>> | Blaster worm, but because of distrust over Microsoft's willingness
>> | to address software flaws at the time, members had to be coaxed
>> | into sharing their findings.
>> |
>> | The group, known as LSD, is now on Microsoft's payroll...
>> `----
>> 
>>
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2001963,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594
>> 
>> 
> 
> MS Rep: "Hey, that's a *really* neat exploit you discovered, how much to
> buy this technology? We would like to incorporate it into Vista..."
> 
> ;-) :-) :-D

Remember that Excel vulnerability that was up for sale/bidding on eBay (I
believe this was intercepted)? This makes Windows security look ever more
laughable.

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Author IndexDate IndexThread Index