[pchelpers] News:Ethical hacker group to counter 'black PR'

Carnival of XYZ Vulns: The Next Generation?
By Jeremy Kirk


March 27, 2008 (IDG News Service)  A self-styled ethical hacker group
plans to counter moves by companies that attempt to bury security
vulnerability information in order to protect their businesses. 

Companies spend a lot of money on crisis management teams that try to
keep a lid on situations that could alarm their customers -- so-called
"black public relations," said Petko D. Petkov of GNU Citizen, a
close-knit group of blogging researchers who have published several big
scoops on software vulnerabilities. 

Black PR is a bit of a black art. It can involve pressure on people,
careful sculpting of the media and other ways to keep calm during a
crisis situation, Petkov said Thursday at the Black Hat conference in
Amsterdam. 

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