Oh, For F\*ck’s Sake: Security Firms Bicker Over Who Found What
Right, listen up. Apparently, a bunch of security “researchers” – and I use that term *loosely* – are having a hissy fit over who gets credit for reporting vulnerabilities. Like toddlers fighting over a goddamn toy. It boils down to multiple firms finding the same sh\*t in software (mostly VMware this time, naturally), and now they’re all whining about proper attribution in CVE reports.
Trend Micro thinks they were first on some stuff, Horizon Labs disagrees, and everyone’s flapping their gums at MITRE because of it. The core issue? Overlapping discoveries mean multiple firms submit reports for the *same* vulnerability, leading to a clusterf\*ck of who gets listed as the original finder. It’s causing delays in getting CVE numbers assigned, which means more time for attackers to exploit things before patches are available. Brilliant.
MITRE is trying to mediate, suggesting some sort of “first-to-public” rule or something equally useless. Honestly, it’s a mess born from ego and the desperate need for marketing points. They’re arguing over bragging rights while systems get pwned. The whole thing just highlights how broken the vulnerability disclosure process is. Expect more of this garbage as long as everyone’s chasing clout instead of actually securing things.
Seriously, grow up people. Focus on fixing the problems, not your LinkedIn profiles.
Anecdote: Back in ’98, I had a sysadmin argue with another admin for *three days* over who found a misconfigured NFS share. Three days! While the server was wide open to the internet. They finally resolved it by flipping a coin. A COIN. I swear, some people just want to watch the world burn as long as they can claim they “discovered” the fire first.
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