Busting the Myth of 'Exploit Wednesday'

Don't give hackers too much credit for being savvy exploiters.

A study by Craig Schmugar, a security researcher at McAfee Inc., discounts the theory that hackers release exploits right after regularly scheduled security updates from Microsoft to give their exploits the most amount of time to be disruptive. That theory has given rise to the notion of "Exploit Wednesday," the day after the second Tuesday of every month when Microsoft releases its patches.

But the statistics don't indicate that's happening, which begs the question: What's the motivation for when a hacker releases an exploit?

Hat tip: securityfocus.com