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  1. Dexter malware by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1 · on Analysis of Dexter Malware Uncovers Mystery Man, and Links To Zeus

    Source: http://blog.seculert.com/2012/12/dexter-draining-blood-out-of-point-of.html

  2. Re:No, RMS by fredprado · · Score: 1 · on Richard Stallman: 'Apple Has Tightest Digital Handcuffs In History'

    Really? The third link on a google search: http://blog.seculert.com/2012/02/citadel-open-source-malware-project.html [seculert.com]

    You can't be so dense, can you? This is not an open source program with a malware hidden inside. It is a malware by design explicitly documented like so and made with the sole objective of creating such a program. It has absolutely nothing to do with what we are talking about.

    Of course you do. Just like a search warrant for property. Or are you OK with the police searching your house on a whim? There's no justification for searching the source code unless a crime has been committed. If a crime has been committed then there must be evidence of it from the behaviour of the software, not it's source.

    There is plenty of justification to searching the source code. I want to know what a program is doing in my system when I run it. I should have this right. I am not trying to invade the company and search their financial files, or invade your house to search anything. I want to be able to check for myself if the program you sold me does what you tell me it does and nothing else.

    You're just dealing in paranoia. And that is a mental problem. Hence "insane".

    Nope. I am dealing with the reasonable right of knowing what I bought. You on the other hand is dealing with blind and absolute trust. Between the two of us you are by far the insaner one.

  3. Re:No, RMS by BasilBrush · · Score: 1 · on Richard Stallman: 'Apple Has Tightest Digital Handcuffs In History'

    Then find me a single open source program that has been found to have any illegal code embedded. A worm, a trojan, anything. Good luck!

    Really? The third link on a google search:

    http://blog.seculert.com/2012/02/citadel-open-source-malware-project.html

    The secrecy of the code is protected by law, and you need a considerable amount of evidence to get a court order to inspect it, if you can get one at all.

    Of course you do. Just like a search warrant for property. Or are you OK with the police searching your house on a whim?

    There's no justification for searching the source code unless a crime has been committed. If a crime has been committed then there must be evidence of it from the behaviour of the software, not it's source.

    You're just dealing in paranoia. And that is a mental problem. Hence "insane".

  4. Source - Seculert Blog by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Researchers Say Kelihos Gang Is Building New Botnet

    Kelihos.B is still live and social

  5. The report from Seculert by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Bad Guys Use Open Source, Too

    http://blog.seculert.com/2012/02/citadel-open-source-malware-project.html

  6. Re:The open-source malware by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Ongoing Attacks Target Defense, Aerospace Industries

    'Clearly the above patterns are trying to appear as though they are related to Microsoft’s “Windows Update” service versus something malicious. A clear, common name for this particular threat did not seem to emerge in the open-source, so we have commonly referred to this threat family as the “MSUpdater” Trojan` link

    I see what you did there... Nice pdf link.

  7. The open-source malware by dgharmon · · Score: 1 · on Ongoing Attacks Target Defense, Aerospace Industries

    'Clearly the above patterns are trying to appear as though they are related to Microsoft’s “Windows Update” service versus something malicious. A clear, common name for this particular threat did not seem to emerge in the open-source, so we have commonly referred to this threat family as the “MSUpdater” Trojan` link

  8. What a research group! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Iranian Cyber Army Moves Into Botnet Renting

    This so called "security research group" is interesting. There is only one published article in this Israeli site, and it's the botnet claim. It seems to me a propaganda site, rather than a real research lab.
    If you can also publish articles on NY times with posting a single article on a Blogspot weblog, please post a HOWTO on slashdot!