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Secunia Drops Public Listing of Vulnerabilities

Posted by timothy on from the market-opportunityism dept.

New submitter CheckeredShirt writes: Vulnerability aggregator Secunia just announced on a forum post that they will no longer provide public access to advisories newer than 9 months. According to Secunia they, "frequently encounter organizations engaged in wrongful use of Secunia Advisories," and that VIM customers, "have full access to all advisories." While Secunia is under no obligation to provide their aggregated vulnerabilities they've been doing it for over 10 years. The information they provide is primarily from public sources.

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  1. So What? Another Will Eat Their Lunch by BlueStrat · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Another bright individual or group will see the opportunity and absorb the users Secunia leaves behind, eventually rendering Secunia irrelevant.

    If Secunia is determined to cripple itself, that's their call. The rest of the internet will not follow them over that cliff.

    Strat

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    1. Re:So What? Another Will Eat Their Lunch by Plumpaquatsch · · Score: 2

      Yep. Secunia just created an opportunity to make a bit of cash at their expense.

      You mean someone will collect the data from all over the internet, then sell the collection (and provide automated alarms by email or text message) - just like Secunia does? Or will they provide it for free, add supported - and after a few weeks will close shop, because others copied their data, and did the same? So, not quite exactly what Secunia does?

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  2. Slashdot drama by antiperimetaparalogo · · Score: 4, Informative

    According to Secunia they, "frequently encounter organizations engaged in wrongful use of Secunia Advisories,"

    According to Secunia: "The decision was made to avoid abuse of the advisories for commercial use, and because we frequently encounter organizations engaged in wrongful use of Secunia Advisories." - include that part also from the forum post and avoid much of the "Slashdot drama"...

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  3. Ha! by EmeraldBot · · Score: 5, Funny

    and that VIM customers, "have full access to all advisories."

    Ha! Take that, Emacs users! ;P

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    1. Re:Ha! by Martin+Blank · · Score: 2

      Completely off-topic, but in reference to your sig:

      I prefer the phrasing, "Set a man a fire, and he'll be warm for the night. Set a man afire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." The wordplay is a little better that way.

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  4. Pot. Kettle. Black. by altonius · · Score: 2

    It's interesting that they've stopped the public from accessing their Vulnerability DB but they've been relying on taking information from other publicly available databases for years........