Tag: Tod Beardsley

  • 2025 BSidesLV CVE Panel – My Comments

    2025 BSidesLV CVE Panel – My Comments

    This year at BSides Las Vegas, a panel discussing the CVE program and crisis occurred. I watched the panel discussion after the fact, since I did not attend. For full transparency, something MITRE isn’t fond of, I almost attended as a keynote speaker on the subject of CVE. I was invited to, but personally did…

  • Rebuttal: A blended look at what makes the CVE program try to tick

    Rebuttal: A blended look at what makes the CVE program try to tick

    A few days ago, Tod Beardsley published an article on SC Magazine titled “An inside look at what makes the CVE Program tick“. Overall the article is well-written and offers some insights into MITRE, CVE, and their “CNA” program or CVE Numbering Authorities. Beardsley does a good job enumerating some basics about the program, the…

  • More tricks than treats with today’s Metasploit blog disclosures?

    [This was originally published on the OSVDB blog.] Today, Tod Beardsley posted part one and part two on the Metasploit blogs titled “Seven FOSS Tricks and Treats. Unfortunately, this blog comes with as many tricks as it does treats. In part one, he gently berates the vendors for their poor handling of the issues. In…