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Malicious Distributed Computing

Posted by michael on from the ubiquity dept.

Jeremy Erwin writes "In this whitepaper, Brandon Wiley suggests a possible design for a "superworm", a coordinated network of worm nodes. Typically worms are designed to infect as many hosts as possible, but as overly rapid growth can lead to early detection, this is a suboptimal strategy. The worm, dubbed Curious Yellow uses communication between worm nodes to ensure optimal infection rates."

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  1. Re:Don't they.. by xtremex · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...isn't it spelled kAzaA? or is it KazAa?

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  2. Caffeine good by Chibi+Merrow · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I always knew caffeine was the secret to consciousness...

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