Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team (VRT)

Sourcefire VRT is a group of leading-edge network security experts working around the clock to proactively discover, assess, and respond to the latest trends in hacking activities, intrusion attempts, malware and vulnerabilities. Some of the most renowned security professionals in the industry, including the ClamAV Team and authors of several standard security reference books, are members of Sourcefire VRT. This team is supported by the vast resources of the open source Snort and ClamAV communities, making it the largest group dedicated to advances in the network security industry.

The VRT develops and maintains the official rule set of Snort.org. Each rule is developed and tested using the same rigorous standards VRT uses for Sourcefire customers.

From our Blogs

  • Rule release for today - July 1st 2009

    Remember this post? http://vrt-sourcefire.blogspot.com/2009/04/rule-release-for-today-april ...

    Posted by Nigel Houghton on Jul 01, 2009

  • DojoSec Adobe bug fixed

    Well I've been busy, AFA 2009 CyberSpace Symposium, tracking down cool crashes, booking Def ...

    Posted by Matthew Watchinski on Jun 30, 2009

  • DoJoSec meeting - July 2nd

    Not happening. Some Federal holiday getting in the way of this month's meeting. Firework da ...

    Posted by Nigel Houghton on Jun 30, 2009

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