Microsoft fumes about security bounty
MICROSOFT is fuming over a move by security outfit iDefense to offer hackers a $10,000 bounty for finding serious flaws in its software.
iDefense has been offering $8,000 for those who find flaws in VoleWare since last year, but now the figure has been upped to $10,000 it seems the Volish spinners have decided to moan about it.
A spokesVole told EWeek that paying for flaws is not the best way to secure software products. Microsoft thinks that the best way forward is what it calls “responsible disclosure” where the person who finds the flaw tells Microsoft, who eventually releases a patch and then announces the glitch has been found.
