Patching vulnerabilities is useless

Stefan Mileschin · 26th April 2022, 05:10

The “Thoughts and Prayers” of the IT industry

Patching of vulnerabilities is the security industry's equivalent of sending “thoughts and prayers” to solve global catastrophes, according to a US security expert.

At recent online conference named Hack At The Harbor, Dave Aitel who used to work with the NSA said the remedies proposed by security vendors and big technology companies had served to lull people into a false sense of security all these years and ensure that all the old problems remained.

Aitel pointed out that if there were vulnerable devices on a network, then they should be removed and substituted with others, rather than being continuously patched.

He said that patches were like orange juice. For many years people had believed that it was the most useful part of one's morning meal. In the end, it had been found to be a source of too much sugar and something that made people obese, he added.
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26th April 2022, 05:10	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,738	Patching vulnerabilities is useless The “Thoughts and Prayers” of the IT industry Patching of vulnerabilities is the security industry's equivalent of sending “thoughts and prayers” to solve global catastrophes, according to a US security expert. At recent online conference named Hack At The Harbor, Dave Aitel who used to work with the NSA said the remedies proposed by security vendors and big technology companies had served to lull people into a false sense of security all these years and ensure that all the old problems remained. Aitel pointed out that if there were vulnerable devices on a network, then they should be removed and substituted with others, rather than being continuously patched. He said that patches were like orange juice. For many years people had believed that it was the most useful part of one's morning meal. In the end, it had been found to be a source of too much sugar and something that made people obese, he added. https://fudzilla.com/news/54749-patc...ies-is-useless

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