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Story: Malware authors mixing a lethal cocktail
Posted by: Peter Northe (Thursday 9 December 2004, 7:07 PM)
"This is why vulnerabilities are so important," said Kaspersky. "We are against anyone who publishes vulnerabilities because it gives hackers a tool."
Taking this quote into account, I'd like to ask Kaspersky, how he feels about companies releasing broken code, that allows their users to be exploited in the first place? Is he sublininally defending his own software too?
Disclsure has its draw backs, but if its this hard to get a vendor to release patches now with the majority of advistories being detailed, can you imagine the turn around time for a patch if fulldisclosure was banned?
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Story: Malware authors mixing a lethal cocktail
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I really wish there were laws that forced these je... Anonymous -
Your political orientation has little to do w... Michael Geier -
Yeah not all hackers are involved in that or suppo... Squasatch
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Being against anyone who publishes information abo... Jason
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"This is why vulnerabilities are so important," sa... Peter Northe -
Don't understand why she says she is against anyon... non mouse
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Time to install a good SELinux policy. Red Hat Fe... Anonymous
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Laws against writing viruses, DOS attacks, et... Bill H.
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Anonymous Consultant in Sweden wrote :
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I to... Anonymous
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Virus writers could well start focussing... Chris Rankin -
Without publishing the vulnerabilities, how can on... Anonymous
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Short and simple, Kaspersky is a twit.
"We are aga... Christian Sullivan
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I read in the newspaper about a technology which s... Anonymous
