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Re: Wired: Pentagon Searches for 'Digital DNA' to Identify Hackers
From: phester <funsec () armorfirewall com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:38:47 -0500 (EST)
On Tue, 26 Jan 2010, Larry Seltzer wrote:
One of the trickiest problems in cyber security is trying to figure who’s really behind an attack. Darpa, the Pentagon agency that created the Internet, is trying to fix that, with a new effort to develop the 'cyber equivalent of fingerprints or DNA' that can identify even the best-cloaked hackers.http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/01/pentagon-searches-for-digital-dna-to-identify-hackers/How much luck can they actually have with this?
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=9686764 ...Identifying the culprits in such attacks can be next to impossible, because computer attacks are typically routed through multiple layers of infected computers to disguise the source. However, researchers can often learn clues about the attackers' country of origin by studying the language and other signs in the malicious software's programming.
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