Tag: BID

  • Your yearly reminder to post to Full-Disclosure, not Bugtraq

    [This was originally published on the OSVDB blog.] [10/29/2020 Update: As of February 24, SecurityFocus has stopped moderating posts to the Bugtraq mail list without explanation or warning. This is apparently related to Broadcom acquiring Symantec, the owner of SecurityFocus.] This has been a long-recognized and proven thing, but every year we run into more…

  • “Threat Intelligence”, not always that intelligent.

    I’ve been in the security arena for some time now, like many of my friends and colleagues. For over a decade, we have been presented with several vendors that deliver yearly reports summarizing various attributes of the industry: vulnerabilities, hack attacks, spam, malware, breaches, and more. They are typically delivered in summaries that can be…

  • VDB Relationships (Hugs and Bugs!)

    [This was originally published on the OSVDB blog.] Like any circle in any industry, having good professional relationships can be valuable to involved parties. In the world of security, more specifically Vulnerability Databases (VDBs), the relationships we maintain benefit the community behind the scenes. Like ogres and onions, there are layers. Someone from CVE and…

  • VDBs Devolving?

    [This was originally published on the OSVDB blog.] I’m big on Vulnerability Database (VDB) evolution. I tend to harp on them for not adding features, not making the data more accessible and generally doing the exact same thing they did ten years ago. While the target of my ire is typically functionality or usability, today…

  • Vulnerability Counts and OSVDB Advocacy

    [This was originally published on the OSVDB blog.] CVE just announced reaching 30,000 identifiers which is a pretty scary thing. CVE staff have a good eye for catching vulnerabilities from sources away from the mainstream (e.g. bugtraq) and they have the advantage of being a very widely accepted standard for tracking vulnerabilities. As companies and…