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[m.oreilly]

http://news.smh.com.au/web-security-report...80212-1rrs.html

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the emergence of a black market that will pay up to $100,000 (euro68,766) to computer whizzes who find such threats and sell the information to criminal gangs eager to exploit them. Security companies have expressed unease about the marketplace for discovered security vulnerabilities that has sprung up in recent years _ even if criminals are not the customers.

Some researchers fear software vendors are now buying information on the vulnerabilities so they can fix them without anyone noticing.

In other words, ..."it is profitable not to (publicly) report a vulnerability."

[talker]

I always hide my venerablilties and I do it for free. Isn't that the decent thing to do???????

[TheBearLT]

Dirty money...