Microsoft to hackers: try to break Vista
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After suffering embarrassing security exploits over the past several years, Microsoft Corp. is trying a new tactic: inviting some of the world’s best-known computer experts to try to poke holes in Vista, the next generation of its Windows operating system. My advice to the hackers is don’t try unless you’re going to get paid for it!
Microsoft made a test version of Vista available to about 3,000 security professionals Thursday as it detailed the steps it has taken to fortify the product against attacks that can compromise bank account numbers and other sensitive information. After being accused for not putting enough resources into shoring up its products, the software maker is trying to convince outsiders that it has changed.
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