On Wednesday, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., wrote to Apple demanding answers on why it reportedly took the tech giant weeks to address security issues in a popular app.

"The Peekaboo flaw is extremely concerning because it exploits the very technology we rely on to keep us safe," Tenable chief technology officer Renaud Deraison said in a statement.

"Tesla values the work done by security researchers in improving the security of our products and service offerings," the company's vulnerability disclosure page reads.

The industry-wide program for naming and documenting vulnerabilities suffers from fluctuating funding and insufficient oversight, according to a House panel.

Craig Williams, Talos’s director of outreach, gives his take on high-profile threats and how he approaches the craft of investigating malware campaigns.

The delicate process for disclosing software and hardware bugs in medical devices has made important strides in recent years as the threat of lawsuits against security researchers has receded.