27 Feb 2004
MS Security Chief: Windows Never Exploited Until Patch Available

What are they smoking in Redmond ...???

The head of Microsoft's security business and technology unit states that Windows is never vulnerable until a patch appears, and that releasing patches is what causes exploits to be developed. Good quotes: 'We have never had vulnerabilities exploited before the patch was known', and '[he] could only think of one instance when a vulnerability was exploited before a patch was available

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