Steve Manzuik Quotes (10 Quotes)

They are simply left in the dark and may ignore a patch that is super-critical to their environment. Meanwhile, the bad guy has spent the time to find out what was silently fixed.

It would be really nice to see Microsoft turn around a patch in between 60 and 90 days. Considering the size of the company and the way some of these Internet-facing software apps are complicated, the 90-day window isn't that bad. But when it creeps up to three and four months, it becomes unacceptable,

In the wrong hands this tool is dangerous, ... But that version isn't as dangerous as other versions that will be released.

All that has been done is that they have figured out the file system, which is not much different than the original Xbox file system. I would consider it a game hack, not really an Xbox 360 hack. But (it is) the beginning steps of one.

Overall, they have improved, there's no doubt about that. But unless they move faster on some of these high-impact vulnerabilities, we'll always deal with rogue researchers finding the same things,

It's safe to assume that once we find a flaw, someone else will probably find it. The problem here is that someone malicious might find it and exploit it before Microsoft can provide full protection.

Microsoft's customers depend on that information to figure out how to respond to Patch Tuesday. The reality is, system administrators will delay deploying a patch based on the details of the bulletin. When details aren't included, he won't install that pa

There are some extremely smart hackers out there using and sharing the tools that find these vulnerabilities. When Microsoft takes a long time to issue fixes, it sets up a dangerous situation,

Users can protect themselves by not clicking on any links in e-mails from unrecognized sources and by generally paying attention to what Web sites they are visiting. Locking down a system and not using the administrator account at all times lowers the risk but does not mitigate the vulnerability.

I don't buy the argument that they are aiding attackers. The attackers are already reverse-engineering the patches. They have the time and resources to find out where the flaw lies. The guy that feels the pain is the system administrator who is in the dark and who can't do his own reverse-engineering.