News Office 2007 infosec researcher recalls panic after major bug announcement turned out to be a false positive

[Admin]

Former eEye researcher Greg Linares and team scrambled to find an Office 2007 vulnerability after their first heralded bug turned out to be a false positive.

Office 2007 infosec researcher recalls panic after major bug announcement turned out to be a false positive : Read more

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

There's a reason there's a 90 day public reporting delay...now...

 

[slightnitpick]

There's a reason there's a 90 day public reporting delay...now...

But isn't Microsoft lucky that there wasn't then. Otherwise the bug may not have been caught until it was exploited.