____/ p5000011 on Friday 06 July 2007 17:30 : \____
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6276474.stm
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> | Security researchers who find holes in software can now sell their
> | findings to the highest bidder.
> ...
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> | It aims to close the gap between the small number of bugs investigated
> | and the huge number thought to exist.
> |
> | By rewarding researchers, the auction house aims to prevent flaws
> | getting in to the hands of hi-tech criminals.
> ...
>
> | Many malicious and criminal hackers rely on loopholes in widely used
> | software, usually Windows, to get access to the valuable information
> | on users PCs.
Windows ransoms. However, Yahoo's instant messenger and some other common
application receive a mention as well.
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