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Kaspersky: Is the Hacking Community Running Out of Fresh Ideas?
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 20:29:42 GMT
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Via SecurityPark.co.uk. [snip] According to a new report by Kaspersky Lab, the hacking community has run out of fresh ideas when it comes to creating new malware. Malware Evolution: July September 2006 states that while the hacking community is developing proof of concept code for new platforms, it is unlikely that it will translate in to malware capable of causing substantial and lasting damage. Says Alex Gostev, Senior Virus Analyst at Kaspersky Lab and author of the report: The overwhelming trends throughout 2006 indicate that the well of truly new ideas has run dry. Virus writers are feverishly trying to defend their creations against new protective technologies by creating proof of concept code for new platforms. However, these creations do not yet have a footing in reality: we are not seeing threats that would be able to cause millions and millions of pounds of damage, as Klez, Mydoom, Lovesan and Sasser did in the past. [snip] More: http://www.securitypark.co.uk/article.asp?articleid=26132 - - ferg p.s. If anyone finds a link the Kaspersky report, drop me a line. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.1 (Build 1557) wj8DBQFFYhAwq1pz9mNUZTMRAhK6AKCsCYBid1pn/+/wBbuDun4BAtoQRQCeIWsk YC1Nbg0dpm/ch/B0Ayzud/k= =epSA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Kaspersky: Is the Hacking Community Running Out of Fresh Ideas? Fergie (Nov 20)
- RE: Kaspersky: Is the Hacking Community Running Out of FreshIdeas? David Harley (Nov 21)