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Storm Worm Strikes Back at Security Pros

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the skynet-worm dept.

alphadogg writes "The Storm worm, which some say is the world's biggest botnet despite waning in recent months, is now fighting back against security researchers that seek to destroy it and has them running scared, conference attendees in NYC heard this week. The worm can figure out which users are trying to probe its command-and-control servers, and it retaliates by launching DDoS attacks against them, shutting down their Internet access for days, says an IBM architect."

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  1. Re:A very simple solution. by Culture20 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There was a time in England when a bloke could talk about the gay time he had passing a fag around amongst his friends behind the school (fun/happy time passing a cigarette around) without any double entendres. Language evolves. Change your manner of communication or prepare for misinterpretation.

    string Hackers="hardware hobbyists"
    string Crackers="Saltines, safe-crackers, computer-criminals"

    ...
    Hackers="computer-criminals";
    Crackers="Saltines";