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Daily Exploit Releases Irk Both Vendors and Crooks
conJunk writes "Security Focus has an article about HD Moore's Exploit-Every-Day-in-July endeavor raising the hackles of both browser vendors and criminals. He started the project because he felt that vendors were not taking his analysis seriously enough, but he appears to be the only one enjoying it. 'Black Hats' are having their exploits exposed, and Microsoft (who bears responsibility for the majority of the browser holes) can't keep up with the pace he's setting." From the article: "The software giant indirectly criticized the release of vulnerabilities in a statement to SecurityFocus, underscoring the importance of getting customers updated before they are exposed to threats from malicious attackers. 'Microsoft continues to encourage responsible disclosure of vulnerabilities,' the software giant said in a statement sent to SecurityFocus. 'We believe the commonly accepted practice of reporting vulnerabilities directly to a vendor serves everyone's best interests.'"
A direct quote from the IE team over at Microsoft: "Don't tell anyone about all our holes! Then we won't have to fix them."
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I feel that there's not enough being done to curb gun violence here in Oakland Ca. So I'm going to shoot one person a day, every day, for the month of July. Any reports that I'm enjoying it are exaggerations.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
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Very interesting!
Headline says: Daily Exploit Releases Irk Both Vendors and Crooks
Considering that Microsoft is the only Vendor complaining, and considering they've had months to fix all of these and didn't, the headline should be:
Daily Exploit Releases Irk Crooks
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That sounds almost like my scheme of using a magnifying glass to warn insects of the dangers from the sun's rays.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
...it seems like a Win-Win situation for the consumer... it must be wrong.