I think it's more some security company writing about a vulnerability they discovered in this module or a worm/backdoor and not the company that wrote the software. The security company gets publicity and potentially gets more biz for security consulting.
replysecurity researchers not the ones shipping the faulty code.
replyWe’re not talking about security researchers here:
reply> there is lots to gain from being the first to write about the new malware on some registry, so *companies* are actively downloading and inspecting literally every package.
(Emphasis mine)
>We’re not talking about security researchers here:
replywe are.
"companies" in this context is "security companies" (hence why they are "downloading and inspecting every package", which would not make sense if referring to the people authoring and shipping a single package)