str0ke @ milw0rm has passed away due to cardiac arrest early this morning at 9:23 AM. We @ blacksecurity are deeply saddened by the loss of a good hearted friend.
At the risk (certainty?) of being downvoted, that's an interesting choice of words.
For those who don't know (I didn't), it appears milw0rm is a kind of exploits database:
It was kind of the startup of the security world, and it became popular very fast. It required a working proof-of-concept (POC) for publishing - no pie in the sky text only stuff.
milw0rm is (or was) one of the first places I check each morning for new info. I was worried about the lack of updates - and this is sad news for both the security community and, obviously, str0ke's friends and family.
At the risk (certainty?) of being downvoted, that's an interesting choice of words.
For those who don't know (I didn't), it appears milw0rm is a kind of exploits database:
http://www.milw0rm.com/
I had never heard of it before myself, but clearly some people had.