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WMF Exploit Sold Underground for $4,000
tero1176 writes "Eweek has a story with information from Kaspersky showing that exploit code used in the WMF malware attack was being peddled on underground sites by rival Russian hacker groups for $4,000 in early December. The first sign of an exploit was traced back to the December 1, 2005, a full month before anti-virus vendors started noticing mysterious WMF files rigged with malicious executable code. It serves as more proof that the market for malware is well and truly alive."
Do you suppose Microsoft will try to enter this market, too?
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
...open source exploits for a commercial OS?
Joke, don't waste your mod points here.
"Made up/misattributed quote that makes me look smart. I am on
Will my AT&T "platinum," "gold" and "silver" levels of Internet access provide access to this underground market ?
In Soviet Russia, code exploits you!
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Organized crime has found the internet, and they seem to like what they see. It's just like one huge, dark alley lined with endless smoke-filled lounges. Lots of seamy places to meet up. Anonimity if you want it. Under-the-table dealings. Faceless bosses and eager young turks with itchy trigger fingers.
The perfect growth media for scum and parasites.
You misspelled AT&T a few times in there.
Mod me down with all of your hatred and your journey towards the dark side will be complete!
Ironically, copies of the exploit were pirated by a group of Chinese hackers and sold on Ebay for pennies on the dollar...
oh be fair and leave the white house out of this.. you know W can't read
'...if only "Jumping to a Conclusion" was an event in the Olympics.'
So is windows exploits are worth $4,000 a pop, and Bill Gates is worth something like $50 billion, that adds up to... 12.5 million windows exploits. That number seems a little low, must be not all of them are worth 4 grand.
It will cost an extra $500 to get set up to sign your malware in order for it to install. Good thinking Microsoft. That extra 12.5% tax will make it totally uneconomical.
The world is made by those who show up for the job.
....dead parrot bakes pie and throws it at YOU!
Not unlike Slashdot where certain text will cause all readers to post "All your base", "Soviet Russia", "..only old people", "3. Profit!" comments.
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
"[...] the vulnerability was detected by an unnamed person around Dec. 1, 2005."
Ok, what are the chances that this person really has no name?!
I'm going to have to call shenanigans on this whole article.
Exploit works as advertised!!! Speedy email!! Would Buy From AGAIN!! A+++++++++++! :)