Surprise – public testing for vulnerabilities might be dangerous!
According to Internetnews.com, research firm Gartner has criticized network intrusion prevention vendor TippingPoint for holding a public contest to discover vulnerabilities on the Mac platform, saying that “doing vulnerability research in public comes with ‘high risk.’" On SiliconValleyWatcher, Richard Koman recommends that we rethink “the wisdom of crowds”, saying that [...]