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Security experts criticise patch-and-forget approach to vulnerabilities
Original: People in this industry love treating vulnerabilities like isolated incidents. You find a bug, you push a patch, and onc
A cybersecurity commentator is pushing back on the industry habit of treating software vulnerabilities as one-off incidents. The argument: teams find a bug, ship a patch, bump the version number and assume the problem is solved, when in reality the underlying weakness often persists across systems. The post links to a longer report and has drawn agreement from infosec peers.
Why now: Frustration is growing in the security community over superficial patching that fails to fix root causes of vulnerabilities.
The Perimeter Siteinfosec community
Evidence
- People in this industry love treating vulnerabilities like isolated incidents. You find a bug, you push a patch, and once the version number changes, you figure the problem is gone, and that logic doesn't work when… https:// theperimetersite.com/report/375 # vulnerability #… · theperimetersite@infosec.exchange · 1
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