Zero Day: Black Market In Bad Code
Benjamin Sutherland writes on Newsweek.com:
Time is the hacker's enemy. The countdown starts as soon as a hacker learns about a security loophole that makes an Internet site vulnerable to a break-in. Security and software firms have, by and large, succeeded in shortening this period, but hackers have responded in kind.More here.
They've created a brisk underground market for buying and selling "zero day" code—software that can be used instantly to exploit an as-yet-unsecured loophole.
posted by Fergie @ 1/12/2008 01:35:00 PM
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