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Patches pose significant risk, researchers say
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2008-04-23

A group of four computer scientists urged Microsoft to redesign the way it distributes patches, after they created a technique that automatically produces attack code by comparing the vulnerable and repaired versions of a program.

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Patches pose significant risk, researchers say 2008-04-24
Anonymous
Researcher: "Hey. I can automatically discover vulnerabilities and generate exploits for them 5 seconds after I have the patch".

Joe Dude: "So what does that mean?"

Researcher: "This proves Windows Update is broken".

Thats like saying "We've discovered that glass windows can be broken by r...

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