Microsoft Takes Jab at Google as It Discloses Vulnerability and Bugs in Chrome

Engineers at Google and Microsoft don't seem to be getting along well
Google engineers have spent long time finding flaws in Microsoft services
This week, Microsoft engineers returned the favour
Google engineers have spent much of the past few years aggressively finding flaws in Microsoft's products and services, often mocking the company while reporting them. So it wasn't surprising that spectators enjoyed the view while Microsoft returned the favour to Google in the same reverence this week.

In a blog post published on Wednesday, Microsoft security team member Jordan Rabet threw some shade at Google as he publicly disclosed a vulnerability and a series of bugs his team had spotted in Google's Chrome browser, which uses sandboxing mechanism to contain any malicious code.

Google has since patched the vulnerability and bugs, and even rewarded Microsoft with $15,837, something Microsoft is donating to charity. Microsoft's Rabet also criticised Google for the way it handled the matter. According to him, before Google rolled out the patch, it made the source code for the fix public on software repository website GitHub. This, Rabet said, gave hackers ample time to learn about the vulnerability before the patch was pushed out to customers. He didn't say whether any hacker exploited the vulnerability, however. "In this specific case, the stable channel of Chrome remained vulnerable for nearly a month. That is more than enough time for an attacker to exploit it," he wrote.