Security Researcher Offers Ad Space in Vulnerability Report
Robert Lemos writes on SecurityFocus:
A security researcher who previously tried to auction off a vulnerability in Microsoft Excel plans to sell ad space in the public report about the flaw, SecurityFocus has learned.
The researcher has teamed up with security firm HexView to release details of the vulnerability on the same day that Microsoft releases the patch for the Excel flaw, the researcher, who uses the monicker "fearwall", stated in an e-mail to SecurityFocus. The company will hold an auction through e-mail with the highest two bidders getting advertising within in the announcement.
The announcement is [just] the latest attempt by the security researcher to make money from finding a flaw in Microsoft flagship spreadsheet application.
posted by Fergie @ 1/19/2006 10:31:00 AM
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