Microsoft secures Vista with LSD
Remember the last stage of Delirium hacking group?
In 2003, the group of four Polish security researchers discovered the vulnerability that would later be used by others to unleash the Blaster worm, but because of distrust over Microsoft's willingness to address software flaws at the time, members had to be coaxed into sharing their findings.
The group, known as LSD, is now on Microsoft's payroll working on what is being hailed as the "largest ever penetration test" of an operating system coming out of Redmond, Wash.
According to John Lambert, senior group manager in Microsoft's SWI (Secure Windows Initiative), LSD members are part of an "internal team of hackers" conducting simulated attacks against Windows Vista.
The group's members are all computer science graduates of Poznan University of Technology and have worked as the security team at the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, in Poznan, Poland.L33tdawg: LSD were our keynote speakers for the first HITBSecConf to feature internationally reknown speakers back in 2003. They are some of the nicest guys I've ever met and we wish them well. Maybe we'll get them back some time in the future; perhaps for the 10th HITBSecConf! :)
