Really?

I thought it’s great, since those exploits didn’t just come from thin air. It would be bad if someone got their hands on a zero-day and managed to do something catastrophic, like shutting down airports, or blowing up a power plant.

Also, it’s not like they’re losing money over this.

I think it’s best to read the actual docs published by the research when available. News tells some, but I have seen it sensationalized a few times, where it only affects x kernel with y module before update z.

That being said, these are seemingly getting more and more frequent as previously noted.

Actually, you don’t even need Redmond in the equation, just normal media shenanigans. Doomsday warnings sell more newspapers ad impressions than “Minor security issue here, patch when available.”

It is a tool to establish persistente after the server is already hacked. This isn’t a way to break into a server.