Why Microsoft Took A Year To Fix Critical Windows Bug

[Chiefcrowe]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2015/02/10/microsoft-windows-flaw-survives-for-a-year

 

[lxskllr]

Microsoft had to go right into the “bowels” of Windows to eliminate JASBUG, hence the lengthy remediation process.

Either that, or the NSA was actively exploiting it, and needed more time :^P

 

[imagoon]

Either that, or the NSA was actively exploiting it, and needed more time :^P

Just like that OpenSSL bug.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

haha!

here's some more info on it

15-year-old bug allows malicious code execution in all versions of Windows

http://arstechnica.com/security/201...ous-code-execution-in-all-versions-of-windows