According to this article it was a hoax... So who is telling the truth, and what sort of fall out will come from this?
http://www.betanews.com/article/Firefox_Flaw_a_Hoax_Admits_Speaker/1159903320 Tom Walsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-6121608.html?part=rss&tag=6121608&subj=news > > An attacker could commandeer a computer running the browser simply by > crafting a Web page that contains some malicious JavaScript code, Mischa > Spiegelmock and Andrew Wbeelsoi said in a presentation at the ToorCon hacker > conference here. The flaw affects Firefox on Windows, Apple Computer's Mac OS > X and Linux, they said. > > The hackers claim they know of about 30 unpatched Firefox flaws. They don't > plan to disclose them, instead holding on to the bugs. > > "I do hope you guys change your minds and decide to report the holes to us > and take away $500 per vulnerability instead of using them for botnets," > Ruderman said. > >