Google’s recent publication of Windows’ vulnerabilities — two within a week — predictably raised Microsoft’s ire. “Risk is significantly increased by publically announcing information that a cybercriminal could use to orchestrate an attack and assumes those that would take action are made aware of the issue,” wrote Chris Betz, Microsoft’s senior director of trustworthy computing, following the latest revelation earlier this month. Google revealed the information two days before Microsoft released a fix.
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Keeping Score in the Google vs. Microsoft Zero-Day Games
Posted by: Richard Adhikari January 20, 2015 07:47 AMGoogle’s recent publication of Windows’ vulnerabilities — two within a week — predictably raised Microsoft’s ire. “Risk is significantly increased by publically announcing information that a cybercriminal could use to orchestrate an attack and assumes those that would take action are made aware of the issue,” wrote Chris Betz, Microsoft’s senior director of trustworthy computing, following the latest revelation earlier this month. Google revealed the information two days before Microsoft released a fix.