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Vulnerability auction site founder arrested in Italy

Roberto Preatoni left, one of the brains behind the WabiSabiLabi vulnerability auction site, has been arrested in Italy in connection with an international corporate spying scandal. Details of the allegations are very sketchy but according to published reports out of Italy Google translation, Preatoni's arrest is linked...

Tags: Telecom Italia, Arrest, Italy, Roberto Preatoni, WabiSabiLabi, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-11-08

Auction site opens up for exploits, vulnerabilities

There's a new player in the exploding market for zero-day vulnerabilities -- an eBay-like auction site offering a place to buy and sell flaw research information.The Swiss-based site, called WabiSabiLabi, launched earlier this week with proof-of-concepts and details on four vulnerabilities being hawked at prices ranging from 500 Euros to...

Tags: Apple, Botnets, Browsers, Data theft, Exploit code, Google, Hackers, Metasploit, Open source, Oracle, Passwords, Patch Watch, Pen testing, Responsible disclosure, Viruses and Worms, Vulnerability research, Zero-day attacks

Blog posts 2007-07-06

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Auctioneer hyping sale of 'ravaging' ClamAV vulnerability

The WabiSabiLabi vulnerability auction house is hyping the sale of a potentially nasty remote code execution flaw in ClamAV, the popular open-source anti-virus toolkit recently acquired by Sourcefire. WabiSabiLabi, which positions itself as the eBay of software vulnerabilities, said the flaw can be exploited by simply sending...

Tags: Attacker, Antivirus, Vulnerability, Flaw, ClamAV, Security, Viruses And Worms, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-11-16

Microsoft hacker summit tackles security veil of virtualization

The Fall edition of Microsoft's Blue Hat hacker summit will kick off next week with a heavy focus on piercing the security veil of virtualization and process isolation. At Blue Hat v6, scheduled for September 27-28 in Redmond, external security researchers and internal Microsoft software engineers...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Rootkits, Hardware, Storage, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-09-21

Remembering five years of vulnerability markets

Guest Editorial by David EndlerWhile compiling some stats this week for our Zero Day Initiative two year anniversary, I came across this recent news article by the Associated Press, Researchers Seek Cash for Software Flaws. It's the latest in a long line of media coverage on the launch of...

Tags: Botnets, Black Hat, Apple, Zero-day attacks, Wireless, Windows Vista, Wi-Fi security, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Symantec, Rootkits, Responsible disclosure, Punditocracy, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Passwords, Open source, Mozilla, Microsoft, Metasploit, Hackers, Google, Firefox, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers

Blog posts 2007-08-01