Hackers moving faster: Report

[Gary Stoneburner <gary.stoneburner@nist.gov>]

re:
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20031118.gtissnov18/BNStory/Technology

"Hackers who attack computer systems are becoming more nimble and
are taking less time to exploit system vulnerabilities as they become
known, a new report says."

"In what ISS calls a continuing security trend, the hacking
underground is catching up with security research. ISS offered as an
example the appearance of hacking code just two days after Cisco
announced an operating system vulnerability, leaving virtually no time
for administrators to patch their systems."

It's a jungle out there :-).

Cheers,
Gary

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