Google push for faster zero day fixes hits a wall: Other companies

A Web site malicious code injection, which uses the kind of exploit Google is hoping to encourage companies to patch faster when discovered.

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Google has undertaken what some might call a Sisyphean effort: to get technology companies to patch publicly unknown security vulnerabilities, referred to as “zero day” exploits, more quickly.
In a blog post published Wednesday, two Google security engineers advised their counterparts at other companies to respond to actively exploited zero days within seven days.

The post’s authors, Chris Evans and Drew Hintz, wrote,…

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