In Cyberwar, Software Flaws Are A Hot Commodity : NPR

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In Cyberwar, Software Flaws Are A Hot Commodity : NPR

An analyst looks at code in the malware lab of a cyber security defense lab at the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Sept. 29, 2011.An analyst looks at code in the malware lab of a cyber security defense lab at the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Sept. 29, 2011.There have been security flaws in software as long as there has been software, but they have become even more critically important in the context of cyberweapons development.In the past, security researchers who stumbled on a software flaw would typically report the flaw to the manufacturer of the software, so it could be fixed. That changed, however, when

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  1. Richard Bejtlich

    93.0 days ago

    RT @JSyversen: "@NPR: In Cyberwar, Software Flaws Are A Hot Commodity http://t.co/sXs37y8p " @taosecurity clarifies online he isn't advo ...

  2. Richard Bejtlich

    93.0 days ago

    I think @morningedition aired part of an interview @tgjelten conducted w/me at @mandiant HQ recently on cyberweapons. http://t.co/kyUKzTtn

  3. Mikko Hypponen

    93.0 days ago

    RT @csoghoian: "I am shocked that [the 0-day market] has not been regulated," said @taosecurity, the CEO of Mandiant. http://t.co/N2EcUbmY

  4. Mikko Hypponen

    93.0 days ago

    NPR story on exploit sales: http://t.co/t72S0e32 [audio, 7'30"]

  5. Christophe Veltsos

    93.0 days ago

    NPR: In Cyberwar, Software Flaws Are A Hot Commodity http://t.co/I1gwg8Fr [feat. @taosecurity]

  6. GarWarner

    93.0 days ago

    Cyber weapons on NPR's Morning Edition: http://t.co/xR6kYLEA (audio on air in about 20 minutes - or online in about 2 hours)

  7. Eugene Kaspersky

    93.0 days ago

    0-day vulnerability seller: "I don't see bad guys or good guys". See difference w/weapons sellers? I don’t http://t.co/0olC2lA3

  8. Lookout

    93.0 days ago

    In Cyberwar, Software Flaws are a Hot Commodity, from @nprnews : http://t.co/emevnvhi

  9. Team Cymru

    93.0 days ago

    In Cyberwar, Software Flaws Are A Hot Commodity http://t.co/7957evC3

  10. grecs

    93.0 days ago

    RT @csoghoian: "I am shocked that [the 0-day market] has not been regulated," said @taosecurity, the CEO of Mandiant. http://t.co/N2EcUbmY



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