The latest report from risk management and cyber security company Nopsec looks at the use of social media in risk analysis. Twitter in particular seems to be becoming the go-to resource for security researchers and attackers looking to disseminate proof-of-concept exploits. While some vulnerabilities have thousands of Twitter interactions -- counted by tweets mentioning their CVE identifier -- most vulnerabilities are never tweeted about or are tweeted only once. The most tweeted CVEs reflect interactions focused on well-publicized, dangerous vulnerabilities. Trying to locate similar risk indicators on the Dark Web yields mixed results, partly because it only shows what is visible from…
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