Tag: Nicole Perlroth

  • Perlroth, Miller, and the First Remote iPhone Vuln

    Perlroth, Miller, and the First Remote iPhone Vuln

    In what is sure to be my last blog (?!) born out of reading “This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends” by Nicole Perlroth, this article is basically a quick dive into a single paragraph that contains one sentence with an alleged fact pertaining to vulnerability history. As a self-described Vulnerability Historian, this…

  • Perlroth and the History of Microsoft Vulns

    Perlroth and the History of Microsoft Vulns

    While reading “This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends“, early in the book I ran across a single line that made me double-take. I took a note to revisit it after a complete read since it was so early in the book. For those familiar with my blogs, I tend to write about…

  • Perlroth, How the World Ends, and Errata

    Perlroth, How the World Ends, and Errata

    This will be my fourth and very likely final blog on Nicole Perlroth’s book, “This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends”, as far as the subject matter goes. I may write a couple more that are centered around vulnerability history, based on something included in the book, but more along the lines of…

  • Perlroth, Terminology, and Hyperbole

    Perlroth, Terminology, and Hyperbole

    I finished reading “This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends” by Nicole Perlroth a few weeks ago but haven’t had time to write this blog, and likely another, based on specific aspects of the book. I have written two blogs on topics covered in the book after reading it already, but both written…

  • Perlroth & The First (Zero-Day) Broker

    I am currently reading “This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends” by Nicole Perlroth, only on page 60 in Chapter 5, so a long ways to go before completing the 471 page tome. I hit chapter 4, titled “The First Broker” and it was of specific interest to me for sure, prompting this…

  • Zero-days: Two Questions from Perlroth

    Zero-days: Two Questions from Perlroth

    I am currently reading “This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends” by Nicole Perlroth, only on page 17 in Chapter 2, so a long ways to go before completing the 471 page tome. While only 17 pages in, there are already some annoyances to be sure, but the tone, scope, and feel of…

  • The curiously creeping value of the iOS vulnerability…

    [This was originally published on the OSVDB blog.] The market for vulnerabilities has grown rapidly the last five years. While the market is certainly not new, going back well over ten years, more organizations are interested in acquiring 0-day / private vulnerabilities for a variety of needs. These vulnerabilities cover the gambit in applications and…