Microsoft to thank Tavis Ormandy for reporting bugs
The Google security engineer who stirred up a hornets' nest two months ago after publicizing a critical Windows vulnerability said Friday that Microsoft will credit his work on four of the 34 bugs slated for patching on Tuesday.
"Apparently I'm getting four credits on Tuesday," said Tavis Ormandy in a Twitter message Friday.
Ormandy is the researcher who disclosed a bug in Windows' Help and Support Center just five days after reporting it to Microsoft. Ormandy said he took the bug public when Microsoft wouldn't commit to a patching deadline; Microsoft has disputed that, claiming that it had only told Ormandy it needed the rest of that week to decide.
