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An eBay For Hackers

Posted by kdawson on from the can-you-spell-zero-bay dept.

cyberdelicat writes to let us know about a Swiss security firm called WabiSabiLabi that is causing waves with its open auction for zero-day security vulnerabilities. While WSLabi claims they will thoroughly vet both buyers and sellers of vulnerabilities, many researchers are skeptical about how effectively they can do this. The Washington Post article mentions the guy who almost opened a similar auction site several years back, to be called Zero-Bay, but pulled the plug at the last minute. SearchSecutiry notes that some security researchers are now referring to WSLabi as "zerobay" as they undermine the auction site by reproducing and publishing vulnerabilities as soon as they appear for sale.

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  1. Sounds Familiar by chrishajer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/06/014 4234

  2. YAD by m0nkyman · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yet Another Dupe.

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  3. I for one... by Tatisimo · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Welcome our new dupe overlords. Soon we'll have enough to make a beowulf cluster of them.

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