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20th July, 2006, 10:41 PM
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| Dark Reading reports on Black Market bugs! Bucks for Bugs JULY 20, 2006 | The going rate for a good security bug can help an undergrad pay for tuition or a cash-strapped researcher put a down payment on a car. And that's just if he or she sells it to a legitimate security software firm, which pays anywhere from $2,000 to $10,000 a bug. The black market can be even more lucrative. A bad guy hacker can get $20,000 to $30,000 for a "weaponized" exploit, says David Maynor, senior researcher for SecureWorks. (See Getting Buggy with the MOBB.) "This is something that is pretty much fire-and-forget and wouldn't require much technical expertise to run," Maynor says. Read it Front page and comment here!
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21st July, 2006, 12:08 AM
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| Bugs have value to the Bad Guys. That's a fact of life. If we want to resolve the issue, we need to learn how to develop better software, not get mad at the guys who find them. |
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21st July, 2006, 05:27 PM
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| What! i could make money if i find bugs! *cha-ching* 
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