Microsoft Starts Hacker Blog
MSDN has a new blog: Hackers @ Microsoft. The new blog is written by and about the white hat hackers employed by Microsoft, who work on improving security in Microsoft’s products (as well as research, development, testing and even management). The first post explains the kind of hackers who work at Microsoft:
We employ “white hat hackers” who spend their time pentesting and code reviewing applications and software looking for weaknesses and vulnerabilities so that others don’t once we’ve released that code into the wild. We employ many many smart testers who know more about some of our software then perhaps the architects who designed it. We also employ some of the top researchers in their industry, dedicated people working on the bleeding edge of whats going to be common place in the next 5 or 10 years of computing.
(via Amit Agarwal)
Funny how they refer to customers as “the wild.”
Comment by Albert | August 31, 2007
Albert, the “Wild” is a term used to describe the general internet. It wasn’t a direct reference to customers at all.
Comment by Scott | September 1, 2007
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Comment by digitaldemolition | December 12, 2007
I wonder why it is with so many evils out there like racist and murders fun clubs, politicians, religious leaders and such why is it that hackers seem to only attack the innocent public rather then those sites that are ruining the internet and the world, is there no hackers out there that are a morals, no one that see that it is useless attacking the public or the site of companies where any problems that they cause really only effect and cost the innocent public.
So to all you hackers out there look at your Mom your Dad who ever it is that is important to you and see the ones that you are effecting, now leave us alone.
If you want to put your skills to work start shutting down site that promote hate, and promote murder and rape, that promote fundamentalism, just leave those who are just on the net to learn a little laugh a little and meet some new people from around the world.
The truth is that as along as you are just hurting the general public, you are just a useless member of the world and really what have you accomplished crashing some poor old lady’s computer, just making life harder for those who don’t need it.
Use the brains you have and start trying to make a difference on the net by saying that if you are going to use the net to promote hate you are going to deal with a million hackers planting viruses on yours and your customers computers.
Make a positive difference.
Comment by mark | January 25, 2008