abstract:CORE Security is a computer and network security company that provides predictive security intelligence solutions, vulnerability management and network penetration testing measurement software products and services. The company’s research arm, CoreLabs, proactively identifies new IT security vulnerabilities, publishes public vulnerability advisories, and works with vendors to assist in eliminating the exposures they find.
Tom Kellermann, a former computer security official at the World Bank who now works at a firm called CoreSecurityTechnologies, said the most advanced hackers in the world are increasingly targeting financial institutions, particularly those involved in trading.
But the largest collections currently available from CoreSecurityTechnologies, Immunity and an open source project known as Metasploit include exploits for less than 10% of the 14, 000 security flaws publicly revealed in information technology systems over the last five years.