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Especially the websites/branding of bugs, like Heartbleed, SHAttered, etc. It seems like researchers do this to propel their own fame, for probably financial mo
by artursapek 8y ago
Especially the websites/branding of bugs, like Heartbleed, SHAttered, etc. It seems like researchers do this to propel their own fame, for probably financial motives. I imagine it's pretty lucrative to have been the "co-founder" of Heartbleed just like it is lucrative to be the co-founder of a well-known startup.
- metildaa 8y agoThere are better outcomes from doing these kinds of bug brandings, it creates awareness of sometimes serious vulnerabilities and gives us something more friendly to reference a bug by than its CVE #. Who remembers the CVE # for Blueborne or Heartbleed?
- jayflux 8y agoThere is truth in that but I do think it makes them easier to refer to when you talk about them 5 years later, I still remember Heartbleed. If someone said to me “Hey, remember when CVE-2014-0160 happened?” I would be like what was that? So yeah, the awareness side of it helps