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MS To Share Early Flaw Data With Governments

Posted by kdawson on from the for-your-eyes-only dept.

Trailrunner7 writes "Microsoft today announced plans to share pre-patch details on software vulnerabilities with governments around the world under a new program aimed at securing critical infrastructure and government assets from hacker attacks. The program, codenamed Omega, features a 'Defensive Information Sharing Program' that will offer government entities at the national level technical information on vulnerabilities that are being updated in their products." There's a stream the bad guys would dearly love to tap into.

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  1. The Bad Guys by Arancaytar · · Score: 4, Funny

    with governments

    Sounds like they don't need to tap. :P

  2. Unfortunately... by brian0918 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Unfortunately for the government, the Omega program is only in alpha release.

    1. Re:Unfortunately... by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's no surprise that they named it after Omega, the big gaping Goatse of Greek letters.

    2. Re:Unfortunately... by interkin3tic · · Score: 2, Funny

      Unfortunately for the government, the Omega program is only in alpha release.

      It's cool. Google's competing product (google search for "MS vulnerabilities"), has been in beta for 8 years now.

  3. Remember folks by Pojut · · Score: 2, Funny

    Every person you tell makes the information that much less secured. That's why I advocate any sensitive data being destroyed upon inception or realization. Support your local Thought Police! Donate Today!

    --
    Living With a Nerd
    1. Re:Remember folks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      By raising Thought Police awareness you have created new ideas and are therefore guilty of Thought Crime, judgement will be dispatched in your area soon.

  4. Re:WIKILEAKS by fredc97 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually an early information about security patches from Microsoft looks like that:

    Product Affected: all versions of windows
    Risk: Remote code execution
    Rating: Critical
    Reboot required: You betcha

    Description: This vulnerability is even more serious than the previous 10 000 other Critical software updates, if 0 were the highest priority on a scale 1 to 10, this one would rate -10 000, see that's like super duper uber hyper critical times 3.

  5. Re:What a Waste by sakdoctor · · Score: 2, Funny

    Microsoft Omega destroys internets, a chain reaction involving a handful of machines could devastate internet throughout an entire Class A. If that were to happen, p0rn browsing would become impossible. Fapping as we know it would cease to exist.

  6. You know you've been reading /. too much... by Anachragnome · · Score: 3, Funny

    The first time I read that headline, my brain completely omitted the word "data" without skipping a beat.

    It sounded par for the course, I guess.

    1. Re:You know you've been reading /. too much... by eulernet · · Score: 2, Funny

      In my case, I though that "Flaw Data" was a new product from Microsoft.

  7. Re:Um... Hello. The Mob? by Zaiff+Urgulbunger · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nice comment you got there.... shame if someone mod'ed it down!