eWeek: Microsoft Takes LSD to Test Vista Security
Remember the LSD—or Last Stage of Delirium—hacking group?
Back in 2003, the group of four Polish security researchers discovered the RPC (Remote Procedure Call) interface vulnerability that would later be used to unleash the Blaster worm, but because of distrust over Microsoft’s willingness to address software flaws at the time, LSD members had to be coaxed into sharing their findings.
Today, LSD is on Microsoft’s payroll, working on what is being hailed as the “largest ever penetration test” of an operating system coming out of Redmond, Wash.
According to John Lambert, senior group manager in Microsoft’s SWI (Secure Windows Initiative), LSD members are part of an “internal team of hackers” conducting simulated attacks against Windows Vista. [More]