Re: Trend Micro's Vista "0day exploit auction" claim

[Radu Oprisan <radu () securesystems ro>]

Ryan Meyer wrote:
> A number of popular tech news sources are reporting Trend Micro's CTO,
> Raimund Genes, publicly claiming that there are "auctions" for zero-day
> Windows Vista exploits. Further, he claims these auctions are fetching
> approx $50,000.
>
> Could anyone verify Trend Micro's claim?
>
> It seems dubious, at best, to me and possibly nothing more than pure FUD.
>
> Sorry to get off topic.
>
> Ryan Meyer

This could also be some covert way for microsoft to find their own
vulnerabilities. That has happened before.