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Sunday, December 11, 2005
Hacker Tries To Sell Excel Flaw On EBay
"An unknown security researcher tried to sell a vulnerability in Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet program on eBay, but the online auction site pulled the listing late Thursday.
The unusual route to vulnerability profit-taking was squashed by eBay after the listing--offered by someone only identified as "fearwall"--was bid up to just under $60."
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He also took several potshots at Microsoft, saying that the opening bid of $.01 was "a fair value estimation for any Microsoft product" and offered a 10 percent discount to any Microsoft employee who mentioned the discount code "LINUXRULZ."
Funny, but did the seller really think they would get away with it. Well, I guess I have seen plenty of other weird things sold on EBay. Check out the Full story here.
Posted by Jon Heizer at
4:44 PM
