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As much as people hate when vulnerabilities get sweet names like shell shock, heart bleed, dirty cow, and whatever else we come up with, you do have to admit th
by spydum 7y ago
As much as people hate when vulnerabilities get sweet names like shell shock, heart bleed, dirty cow, and whatever else we come up with, you do have to admit that bit of marketing flare gets more eyeballs on it, and generally noticed and resolved much quicker. So I’m with you on this one: let’s get a marketing team embedded with mitre guys.. might actually be a solid win!
- rtempaccount1 7y agoUnfortunately there's diminishing marginal returns for "named" vulnerabilities. There's nothing stopping people assigning scary names to quite mundane issues, and after a couple of "boy who cried wolf" episodes, people stop paying as much attention...