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ToorCon ("Firefox security is a mess") sponsored by Microsoft

Posted by hkwint on · 6 comments
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Lately, I read the headline: "Open Source browser Firefox is so critically flawed that it is impossible to fix, according to two hackers." Further on, in the ZDNet article I read: "The hackers claim they know of about 30 unpatched Firefox flaws. They don't plan to disclose them, instead holding onto the bugs."
Since that sounds suspicious, I decided to start searching for connections with MS. Easy enough, here it is:

  • 21:30-03:00 ToorCon Saturday Night Party - Sponsored by Microsoft (Link)

Hackers drinking MS-beer for more than five consecutive hours! Judge for yourself...

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Comments (6)

Hackers?

jezuch ·
Quoting:The hackers claim they know of about 30 unpatched Firefox flaws. They don't plan to disclose them, instead holding onto the bugs.


So this is this "responsible disclosure" thingie?

And that web page... First impression is "script kiddies" ;)
hkwint Story submitter ·
About the web-page:

Most 'crackers' (that's what they are) work with DOS I believe. As an experienced "Keyz/warez-downloader" (the time before I discovered *BSD/Linux) I can tell you their ASCII-art is always best viewed in the DOS-editor. Poor kids, huh?
swbrown ·
ASCII/ANSI art is a heritage. They don't actually work with DOS anymore.

That said, most of these people now are hacks that wouldn't have been able to deal in that era. That they're corporate tools is one sign.

Sponsored by Microsoft

TallCool1 ·
> Hackers drinking MS-beer for more than five consecutive hours!

Is that the MS-beer or the MS powdered-drink-mix?

It all just seems like grandstanding to me. MS will throw anything out there, and can only HOPE that some of it will stick...
leodp ·
So hackers are drinking beer, as in FREE BEER?

Now I understand!
hkwint Story submitter ·
No, the hackers don't get the opportunity to drink beer, because when they turn the bottle upside down, the MS beer 'hangs' and won't come out.

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