full-disclosure - Re: OT: Firefox question / poll

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Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:16:33 -0800
From: coderman <coderman@...il.com>
To: Christian Sciberras <uuf6429@...il.com>
Cc: Full Disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: OT: Firefox question / poll

On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 8:08 AM, Christian Sciberras <uuf6429@...il.com> wrote:
> Since when hackers write excellent, well performing code?
> In fact, quite the opposite, many hacks actively need to crash the browser
> to work.
> Killing script execution before that overflow happens may unintentionally
> stop the attack.

only the chinese are this sloppy. [0]

here in the west, we take pride in our exploits! [1][2][3]

0. C.f. don't be a dull boy
  https://media.blackhat.com/bh-us-10/presentations/Waisman/BlackHat-USA-2010-Waisman-APT-slides.pdf

1. The Spyfiles
   http://wikileaks.org/the-spyfiles.html

2. The Surveillance Catalog
   http://projects.wsj.com/surveillance-catalog/#/

3. Wired for Repression
  http://topics.bloomberg.com/wired-for-repression/

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