'Month of security bugs' aimed at Google, Yahoo !, MSN

Last Thursday, May 17, a Ukrainian security researcher said the " Month of Security Errors " will be made starting June 1. And this time, the goal will be the current top search engines like Google, Yahoo !, MSN and Ask.com.

The move follows the one-day vulnerabilities such as: finding a security error in the browser in July 2006 - the ' Month of Browser Bugs ', finding security flaws in Apple products in January. 01/2007 - " Month of Apple Bugs ", MySpace's security bug in April 2007 - " Month of MySpace Bugs ", and May 2007 were ActiveX-" Month of ActiveX Bugs " security flaws.

A security researcher with the name MustLive said: The purpose of Month of Bugs is to determine the actual security status of search engines, which are the most popular websites on the Internet. This allows search engine users and the web community to understand the risks these tools can bring to them. And this will also make the search engine companies pay more attention to security. "And he also said he would update security issues on various search engines on a daily basis. network.

According to Kevin Beets, a researcher with security firm McAfee, many " Month of . " projects are responsible for producing patches. Although projects like " Month of . " have been criticized by security analysts. Kevin Beets also said: whether you like it or not, you can't deny that the " Month of . " project is having a significant impact on security.

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