Monday, June 14, 2010

Microsoft Security Vulnerability Disclosed

Heres another reason why security should be a priority when writing code.

Microsoft was left racing to patch a Windows Help and Support Center vulnerability after Tavis Ormandy, an information security researcher who's charged with keeping Google's products secure, Thursday publicly disclosed both the bug as well as proof-of-concept attack code.


Ormandy reportedly informed Microsoft of the vulnerability on Saturday, June 5, and Microsoft acknowledged receipt the same day. Five days later, however, Ormandy went public with a posting to the Full Disclosure mailing list. Later that day, Microsoft issued its own vulnerability announcement.

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