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by TedDoesntTalk 858 days ago
To summarize: the more CVEs a "security researcher" can say he created on his resume, the more impressive he thinks he looks. Therefore, the incentive to file CVEs for any stupid little problem is very high. This creates a lot of noise for developers who are forced to address sometimes nonsense that are filed as "high" or "critical".
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So true...

If you run a web app of any sort, and you don't have "X-Frame-Options: Deny" in your headers, you'll get lots of "researchers" (that are probably bots) e-mailing you that you have a CRITICAL security issue.

"Beg bounties", we call them.