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Re: Trend Micro's Vista "0day exploit auction" claim

To: Ryan Meyer <lists@youthinkitweprintit.com>
Subject: Re: Trend Micro's Vista "0day exploit auction" claim
From: Radu Oprisan <radu@securesystems.ro>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 01:07:45 +0200
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Ryan Meyer wrote:
> A number of popular tech news sources are reporting Trend Micro's CTO,
> Raimund Genes, publicly claiming that there are "auctions" for zero-day
> Windows Vista exploits. Further, he claims these auctions are fetching
> approx $50,000.
> 
> Could anyone verify Trend Micro's claim?
> 
> It seems dubious, at best, to me and possibly nothing more than pure FUD.
> 
> Sorry to get off topic.
> 
> Ryan Meyer

This could also be some covert way for microsoft to find their own
vulnerabilities. That has happened before.


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