{"id":81637,"date":"2015-01-12T16:23:16","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T16:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=81637"},"modified":"2015-01-12T16:23:16","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T16:23:16","slug":"microsoft-hits-google-team-bug-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=81637","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft hits out at Google team over bug report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google has been criticised by Microsoft after the search giant publicised a security flaw in Windows – which some said put users at risk.<\/p>\n

Microsoft reacted angrily when Google posted details of the bug online before a patch to fix the issue was released.<\/p>\n

The disclosure was part of Google’s Project Zero initiative that seeks to pressure firms into dealing with security problems more quickly.<\/p>\n

Several security researchers disagreed with Google’s actions.<\/p>\n

“I feel sorry for the users, who could be impacted by Google’s schoolyard antics,” tweeted expert Graham Cluley, who noted the company had been criticised for similar behaviour in the past.<\/p>\n

Discussion on Google’s bug reporting site was divided on the matter.<\/p>\n

“Google was wrong with what they did,” wrote one developer.<\/p>\n

“They don’t have all of the OS code so they have no idea how much other code would have to be rewritten to correct the problem.<\/p>\n

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Google has defended its 90-day disclosure policy<\/div>\n

“That extra coding takes time to ensure that something else doesn’t get broken in the process.”<\/p>\n

But another said: “Google is not evil. Microsoft just slept and did not fix the vulnerability in time. Good job Google.”<\/p>\n

Google has not yet responded to the BBC’s request for comment.<\/p>\n

Anger<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Google’s Project Zero seeks to find bugs in popular software and then give the manufacturers responsible 90 days to fix the problem.<\/p>\n

This bug, which affects Windows 8.1, was revealed by Google to Microsoft on 13 October 2014.<\/p>\n

On 11 January, Google publicised the flaw. Microsoft said it had requested that Google wait until it released a patch on 13 January.<\/p>\n

“We asked Google to work with us to protect customers by withholding details until Tuesday, January 13, when we will be releasing a fix,” Microsoft’s senior director of research Chris Betz said in a blog post.<\/p>\n

“Although following through keeps to Google’s announced timeline for disclosure, the decision feels less like principles and more like a ‘gotcha’, with customers the ones who may suffer as a result.<\/p>\n

“What’s right for Google is not always right for customers. We urge Google to make protection of customers our collective primary goal.”<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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