From: Roman Medina-Heigl Hernandez (roman@rs-labs.com)
Date: Mon Jan 30 2006 - 05:54:09 EST
yawgmoth7 wrote:
> I've always wondered about this, I do not know why. But just the
> different ways that pen-testers get their exploits/vullnerabilities. I
> think it would go something like this:
> 50% From online security sites
> 25% Find their own
> 25% From their friends
I suppose "friends" probably means underground. So add:
5% Stolen (hacker been hacked :-))
5% From some honeypot
Ups, that's 110%! ;-)
Cheers,
-Roman
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