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February 14, 2013 11:28 pm PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/NtE3i60mtZA/malware-industrial-complex-ho.html
Malware-Industrial Complex: how the trade in software bugs is weaponizing insecurity
Here's a must-read story from Tech Review about the thriving trade in "zero-day exploits" -- critical software bugs that are sold off to military contractors to be integrated into offensive malware, rather than reported to the manufacturer for repair. The stuff built with zero-days -- network appliances that can snoop on a whole country, even [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/NtE3i60mtZA/malware-industrial-complex-ho.html
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