H D Moore

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H D Moore (born 1981) is a security researcher that has been active on internet mailing lists since 1998^[1]. H D Moore works as the Director of Security Research for BreakingPoint Systems, where he focuses on the security testing features of the BreakingPoint product line. Prior to joining BreakingPoint, HD co-founded Digital Defense, a managed security services firm, where he developed the vulnerability assessment platform and led the security research team. ^[2].

Contents 1 The Metasploit Project 2 Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB) 3 Month of Browser Bugs 4 References

[edit] The Metasploit Project

H D Moore founded the Metasploit Project in July of 2003 with goal of providing useful information to people who perform penetration testing, IDS signature development, and exploit research. The project is best known for the Metasploit Framework, an open platform for developing and testing exploit code. The Metasploit Framework is provided for legal security research and testing purposes only.

[edit] Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

H D Moore created the concept of the Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB) and participated in the original design of OSVDB. He continues to provide a consulting role as well as being an advocate for the success of OSVDB. ^[3]. He believes OSVDB is the next logical step in a world which is increasingly becoming dominated by modern information security.

[edit] Month of Browser Bugs

H D Moore chose July, 2006 to launch the Month of Browser Bugs project. He made it a point to release one browser vulnerability every day and he did so. He earned lot of praise as well as criticism for this achievement. His fans praise him for his effort to enlighten software makers and security managers to the threats posed by data fuzzing tools. However his critics opine that his disclosures were irresponsible since he didn't bother to communicate the security holes to the respective vendors first. ^[4]

In November, 2006, a researcher using the moniker LMH announced the Month of Kernel Bugs project. H D Moore submitted the first entry for this project by publishing a flaw in Apple's airport wireless driver. ^[5]

Similary, in January, 2007, two researchers, Kevin Finisterre and LMH announced the Month of Apple Bugs.^{[6] [7]}

[edit] References

1. ^ Nlog v1.0 Released.
2. ^ H D Moore - FOSDEM 2007 Speakers.
3. ^ OSVDB Contributors.
4. ^ Month of Browser Bugs.
5. ^ Month of Kernel Bugs.
6. ^ Month of Apple Bugs.
7. ^ Month of Apple Bugs Kicks Off.