Today everything became branding, visibility, monetization and consultant posture.
Now #AI is about to reshape the entire research ecosystem once again.
Interesting times ahead.
Back then, the scene still had soul.
People took risks, researchers openly supported each other, platforms like @ExploitDB defended disclosure under pressure:
The ecosystem felt raw, technical and alive... real and human !
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Back in 2014, I publicly disclosed a few vuln affecting FireEye appliances during the peak of FireEye/Mandiant era.
At the time FireEye was 1 of the most influential cybersec companies in the world.
I was just an unknown researcher posting offensive stuff on @ExploitDB