When Threat Research Goes Wrong: Spectacular Screwups and What to Learn from Them

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Threat researchers on the cutting edge of cybersecurity have a certain kind of drive — almost a relentless need — to get into the attacker’s mind, solve the “unsolvable” challenge and expose emerging attack techniques. So, it’s not every day these elite researchers come together to share the secrets to their success, and it’s even less common to hear about their failures. But that’s exactly what happened at the inaugural INTENT Security Research Summit last month.

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