This hacker is rating software security Consumer Reports-style

The poor security of much enterprise software can be dramatically improved at low cost with the compile-time equivalents of seatbelts and airbags. With that in mind, the Cyber Independent Testing Lab (CITL) is building a Consumer Reports-style rating systems to grade the security of thousands of software binaries.

Founded by l0pht hacker and former head of cybersecurity research at DARPA Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, and bankrolled with seed funding from the US Air Force, the CITL presented their methodology and some preliminary results at the 34c3 hacker conference in Leipzig, Germany a few weeks ago.