Buggar & exploits till Windows Vista köps & säljs

published Jan 30, 2007 11:31   by admin ( last modified Jan 30, 2007 11:31 )
På Internet kan man sälja upptäckter av säkerhetsluckor till företag som behöver denna information för att skydda sina kunder. Det finns också kriminella som vill ha denna information. I en artikel I International Herald Tribune (och New York Times) står det om summor på runt 10 000 dollar för prenumerationer på exploits och för att sälja information om dem.

"To find a vulnerability, you have to do a lot of hard work," said Evgeny Legerov, founder of a small security firm, Gleg Ltd., in Moscow. "If you follow what they call responsible disclosure, in most cases all you receive is an ordinary thank you or sometimes nothing at all." Gleg sells vulnerability research to a dozen corporate customers around the world, with fees starting at $10,000 for periodic updates. Legerov says he regularly turns down the criminals who send e-mail messages offering big money for bugs they can use to spread malicious programs like spyware.


Läs mer: A lively market, legal and not, for software bugs - International Herald Tribune