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Headline: "Google Researcher Exposes Flaws In Sophos Software, Slams Antivirus Industry" Inside: "Ormandy works by day as a security engineer at Google but sai
by ender7 15y ago
Headline: "Google Researcher Exposes Flaws In Sophos Software, Slams Antivirus Industry"
Inside: "Ormandy works by day as a security engineer at Google but said he was representing only himself at the conference and that his research had been done on his own time, without the company’s knowledge or support." (my emphasis)
I sense...Bullshit Title Tacked on by Asshole Managing Editor.
- mrb 15y agoWhen Ormandy, working for himself, reported flaws in Microsoft's software last year, Mike Reavey (Director of Microsoft Security Response Center) did the same thing and scoffed at "Google" multiple times in its communication: http://blog.zorinaq.com/?e=17 http://blog.zorinaq.com/?e=17
- smackfu 15y agoThe interesting question is whether Ormandy would research or publish flaws in a Google product.
- tshtf 15y agoUm, yes? http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/04/stable-update-security-fixes.html http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/04/stable-upda... http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/02/stable-channel-update_28.html http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/02/stable-chan... http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/09/stable-and-beta-channel-updates.html http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/09/stable-and-...