Packet Storm
{{Short description|Information security website}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Packet Storm
| url = {{URL|https://packetstorm.news/}}
| commercial = Yes
| type = Computer security
| author = The Packet Storm Team
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1998}}
}}
Packet Storm Security is an information security website offering current and historical computer security tools,{{cite web | url=http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/infrastructure/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210201115 | title=Linux Systems Being Hit By SSH-Key Attacks | publisher=informationweek.com | accessdate=2008-08-27}} exploits,{{cite web | url=http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/compiling-exploit-code-network-security-must-417 | title=Compiling Exploit Code: A Network-Security Must | date=24 March 2006 | publisher=infoworld.com | accessdate=2006-03-24}} and security advisories. It is operated by a group of security enthusiasts that publish new security information{{cite web | url=http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/mozilla-claims-firefox-15-hole-poses-minor-risk-628 | title=Mozilla Claims Firefox 1.5 Hole Poses Minor Risk | date=8 December 2005 | publisher=infoworld.com | accessdate=2005-12-08}} and offer tools for educational and testing purposes.{{cite web | url=http://www.packetstormsecurity.com/about/ | title=About Packet Storm | publisher=packetstormsecurity.com | accessdate=2009-12-06}}
Overview
The site was originally created by Ken Williams who sold it in 1999 to Kroll O'Gara{{cite news | url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50615FF355D0C748DDDA10894D1494D81 | title=Security Firm To Revive Computer-Defense Site | work=The New York Times | accessdate=November 14, 2017 | first=Peter | last=Wayner | date=1999-08-17}} and just over a year later, it was given back to the security community.{{cite web | url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/07/16/packetstorm_rides_again/ | title=Packetstorm Rides Again | publisher=theregister.co.uk | accessdate=2001-07-16}} While at Kroll O'Gara, Packet Storm awarded Mixter{{cite web | url=http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-236904.html | title=Hacker Discloses New Internet Attack Software | publisher=cnet.com | accessdate=2017-11-14}} $10,000 in a whitepaper contest dedicated to the mitigation of distributed denial of service attacks.{{cite web | url=http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=213402595 | title=Security Websites Hit By Big DDoS Attack | publisher=informationweek.com | accessdate=2009-02-10}} Today, they offer advertisements and API access as services{{cite web | url=http://packetstorm.news/ | title=Packet Storm News| publisher=packetstorm.news | accessdate=2013-07-17}} and the site is referenced in hundreds of books.{{cite web | url=https://www.google.com/search?q=packetstorm&btnG=Search+Books&tbm=bks|title=Packet Storm Search In Google Books | accessdate=2013-07-17}}
In 2013, Packet Storm launched a bug bounty program to buy working exploits that would be given back to the community for their own testing purposes.{{cite web | url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/18/packet_storm_bug_bounty/ | title=Did ZDI snub your 0-day attack? Packet Storm will buy it for $7k | publisher=theregister.co.uk | accessdate=2013-01-18}}{{cite web | url=http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/the-frontline-blog/2236907/packetstorm-opens-bug-bounty-programme-with-usd7-000-top-reward | title=Packetstorm opens bug bounty programme with $7,000 top reward | publisher=v3.co.uk | accessdate=2013-01-16}} Later that year, they worked with a security researcher to help expose a large scale shadow profile issue with the popular Internet site Facebook.{{cite web | url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/firm-facebooks-shadow-profiles-are-frightening-dossiers-on-everyone/ |title=Firm: Facebook's shadow profiles are 'frightening' dossiers on everyone | publisher=ZDNet | access-date=2013-07-17}}{{cite web | url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/anger-mounts-after-facebooks-shadow-profiles-leak-in-bug/| title=Anger mounts after Facebook's 'shadow profiles' leak in bug | publisher=ZDNet | access-date=2013-07-17}}{{cite web | url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/24/creepy-facebook/|title=Facebook's Creepy Data-Grabbing Ways Make It The Borg Of The Digital World |date=24 June 2013 | publisher=techcrunch.com | accessdate=2013-07-17}}{{cite web | url=http://www.csoonline.com/article/735425/facebook-dossier-find-raises-contact-list-privacy-questions | title=Facebook 'dossier' find raises contact list privacy questions | date=25 June 2013 | publisher=csoonline.com | accessdate=2013-07-17}}{{cite web| url=http://www.designntrend.com/articles/5454/20130630/facebook-login-home-friends-search-company-accused-leaving-out-important.htm| title=Facebook Login, Home, Friends, Search: Company Accused of Leaving Out Important Details in Information Leak Scandal| publisher=designntrend.com| accessdate=2013-07-17| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704090254/http://www.designntrend.com/articles/5454/20130630/facebook-login-home-friends-search-company-accused-leaving-out-important.htm| archive-date=2013-07-04| url-status=dead}}{{cite journal | url=http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2013/06/facebook_data_breach_how_social_networks_use_find_friends_to_mine_your_contacts.html|title=With Friends Like These |journal=Slate |date=26 June 2013 | publisher=slate.com | accessdate=2013-07-17|last1=Oremus |first1=Will }} After Facebook claimed that only 6 million people were affected, additional testing by Packet Storm exposed that the numbers were not accurately reported.{{cite web | url=http://packetstormsecurity.com/news/view/22727/Facebook-Math-of-the-Aftermath.html | title=Facebook: Math Of The Aftermath | publisher=packetstormsecurity.com | accessdate=2013-07-17}}{{cite news | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/27/facebook-leak-data_n_3510100.html |title=Experts Says Facebook Leak Of 6 Million Users' Data Might Be Bigger Than We Thought | publisher=huffingtonpost.com | accessdate=2013-07-17 | first=Drew | last=Guarini | date=2013-06-27}}{{cite web | url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/firm-facebook-bug-worse-than-reported-non-users-also-affected/ |title=Firm: Facebook 'bug' worse than reported; non-users also affected | publisher=ZDNet | access-date=2013-07-17}}{{cite web | url=http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=15152 |title=Facebook Bug Leaked More Info Than Company Reported? |date=27 June 2013 | publisher=net-security.org | accessdate=2013-07-17}}
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External links
- {{official website|https://packetstormsecurity.com/}}
Category:Computer security organizations