Hackers learn from open source
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| Hackers are using techniques popularised by developers of open-source
| software like Linux to improve their malicious code, a researcher at
| McAfee has said.
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| Nowhere is this more apparent than within the growing families of
| 'bot' software, which allow hackers to remotely control infected
| computers.
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http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=6601
To quote from another source:
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| "If you are a typical Windows user, un- or ill-informed about what
| free software and open source are all about, you'll probably lap up
| Sage because its deceptions go right over your head and it allows you to
| feel warm and fuzzy about using proprietary software like Windows and
| McAfee products instead of that evil open source, or even the hybrid
| evil of Mac OS X. I'm sure the Windows trade press and Microsoft's
| public relations folks will like it, too. Watch for selective quotes
| from Sage appearing on Microsoft.com or in Microsoft ads in the near
| future.
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| But if you are knowledgeable about open source software, or the debate
| over full-disclosure in the world of computer security, you'll find
| Sage one-sided and lacking in substance. Open source is the least of
| Microsoft's security problems. McAfee's business model depends upon
| that teeming cesspool of insecurity, however, so it shies away from
| the real issues and fundamental causes.
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http://trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/15/1331229&from=rss
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