Don’t Believe the (Vulnerability) Hype
Are vulnerability discoveries always as critical as the hype around them may suggest?
Are vulnerability discoveries always as critical as the hype around them may suggest?
When vendors first began crediting security researchers for reporting vulnerabilities in their products, the reward typically was your name in 12-point Arial at the bottom of a security advisory*. Those days are long past, and the bug bounty game has changed so dramatically now that independent security researchers can make a very comfortable living by finding bugs in the right kinds of products.
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