__/ [ William Poaster ] on Thursday 20 July 2006 13:39 \__
> It was on Thursday 20 July 2006 3:53 am, that arachnid apparently said:
>
>> On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 04:29:19 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Eighty percent of new malware defeats antivirus
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | The most popular antivirus applications on the market are rendered |
>>> useless by around 80 percent of new malware, according to AusCERT. `----
>>>
>>>
>
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Eighty_percent_of_new_malware_defeats_antivirus/0,2000061744,39263949,00.htm
>>>
>>> So even pricey third-party software cannot compensate for poor security
>>> models.
>>
>> Yeah, but if you use Windows your system is already 0wned so does it
>> really matter?
>
> Interesting thought, but what if the machines are already 0wn3d & the guy
> running that particular zombied network wants to stop others from taking
> over his machines... Does this sort of thing happen, could it happen? Could
> it lead to "Zombie Wars". After all, it's said there's no honour amongst
> thieves. Hmmm.....
They actually fight over territories (IP address ranges and machines). Let me
fight a story that I had in mind.
[moments away]
I couldn't quite find what I was looking for, but here's a close match:
,----[ Quote ]
| A Russian spam king claims to have the BlueFrog 'Do Not Intrude
| Registry,' and will publish it on the Internet. BlueFrog spams the
| spammer by sending do not intrude messages for you for every spam
| received. Blue Security's chief executive Eran Reshef claims that
| their registry is encrypted, and that it is an empty threat.
`----
http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/187002643;jsessionid=K0WEHMOEA4G20QSNDBCSKHSCJUMEKJVN
I think it's the same mobster that I had in mind initially.
Best wishes,
Roy
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