Security News > 2016 > May > For PoC exploits, go on Twitter (Help Net Security)
2016-05-06 14:56
Proof-of-Concept exploits are increasingly being shared and discussed online, threat intelligence firm Recorded Future has discovered. Between March 22, 2015 and the present day, there have been approximately 12,000 references to shared POCs – and that number is almost triple of what it was in 2014. “Our research shows that POCs are disseminated primarily via Twitter, with users flagging POCs to view externally in a range of sources — code repositories (GitHub), paste sites (Pastebin), … More →
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