Packet Storm

Packet Storm

Type of site	Computer Security
Created by	The Packet Storm Team
Website	packetstormsecurity.com
Alexa rank	37,406 (April 2014)[1]
Commercial	Yes
Launched	1998

Packet Storm Security is a popular information security website offering current and historical computer security tools,^[2] exploits,^[3] and security advisories. It is operated by a group of security enthusiasts that publish new security information^[4] and offer tools for educational and testing purposes.^[5]

Overview

The site was originally created by Ken Williams who sold it in 1999 to Kroll O'Gara^[6] and just over a year later, it was given back to the security community.^[7] While at Kroll O'Gara, Packet Storm awarded Mixter^[8] $10,000 in a whitepaper contest dedicated to the mitigation of distributed denial of service attacks.^[9] Today, they offer a suite of consulting services^[10] and the site is referenced in hundreds of books.^[11]

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.^[12][13] Later that year, they worked with a security researcher to help expose a large scale shadow profile issue with the popular Internet site Facebook.^{[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]} After Facebook claimed that only 6 million people were affected, additional testing by Packet Storm exposed that the numbers were not accurately reported.^{[22][23][24][25]}

References

External links

• Official website