Are “Branded” Vulnerabilities Helping Make the Internet a Better Place?

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Presented at HackMiami 2015 by

Omar Santos

If the vulnerability is sexy enough, it gets a name. If the vulnerability can make the researcher or the company that found it rich, it gets a name. From Heartbleed to ShellShock, Poodle and GHOST, vulnerability branding is the new normal. Is this new trend in vulnerability disclosure helping make the Internet a better place? This session is an active discussion on how bad actors are benefitting more from these branded-vulnerabilities than the good guys. We will discuss the trends in vulnerability disclosure and the evolution of network security.