Hacker Tries To Sell Excel Flaw On EBay

By Jon Heizer

“An unknown security researcher tried to sell a vulnerability in Microsoft’s Excel spreadsheet program on eBay, but the online auction site pulled the listing late Thursday.

The unusual route to vulnerability profit-taking was squashed by eBay after the listing–offered by someone only identified as “fearwall”–was bid up to just under $60.”

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He also took several potshots at Microsoft, saying that the opening bid of $.01 was “a fair value estimation for any Microsoft product” and offered a 10 percent discount to any Microsoft employee who mentioned the discount code “LINUXRULZ.”

Funny, but did the seller really think they would get away with it. Well, I guess I have seen plenty of other weird things sold on EBay. Check out the Full story here.