July 6, 2010, 12:13PM
Researchers Go Anonymous, Form 'Microsoft-Spurned Researcher Collective'
An anonymous group of security researchers last
week published information about an unpatched Windows bug, saying that
they were disclosing the vulnerability because of the way Microsoft
treated a colleague.
The flaw in Windows Vista and Server 2008 could be used by attackers to gain unauthorized access to a PC or cause it to crash. Read the full article. [Computerworld]
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