Tag: ZDNet

  • Cybercrime Stats: From Bad to Bad

    [This was originally published on the OSVDB blog.] Since vulnerabilities are a cornerstone of computer crime, stats on it are of interest to us. Statistics on cybercrime have always been dodgy; more so than real-world crime statistics. When your car is broken into or stolen, you know it. More often than not, you will report…

  • Your Favorite ‘News’ Site is Likely Just A Shitty Blog

    Ten years ago, your favorite tech-centric site was an online news portal. Meaning, it was run by, edited by, and written by news professionals. Old school journalists and editors, brought up through the system we all know and expect. At some point, that changed for the (much) worse, and very few realize it. If you…

  • .. and the debate keeps raging

    [This was originally published on the OSVDB blog.] ZDnet Asia had an article recentl, titled “Bug hunters, software firms in uneasy alliance” which brought up the age old full disclosure (or ‘responsible’ disclosure) debate. This prompted a slashdot thread with various comments. My favorite pop tart, Mary Ann Davidson (chief security officer at Oracle) managed…