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Panel Probes the Half-life of Bugs
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-07-30

LAS VEGAS--Software security holes never die, they fade from the Internet at a rate of 50% every thirty days after a patch is released, according to the results of a study released at the Black Hat Briefings security conference here Wednesday.

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Panel Probes the Half-life of Bugs 2003-08-06
Anonymous
My reaction to the opening statement, "Software security holes never die, they fade from the Internet at a rate of 50% every thirty days after a patch is released" is

did they include CodeRed and Nimbda?

I find a very consistent % of blocked attempts in my web logs of these exploits. Granted,...

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