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ancientribe writes "The thousands of Web sites infected by a new widespread SQL injection attack during the past few days aren't necessarily in the clear after they remove the malicious code from their sites. Researchers from Kaspersky Lab have witnessed the attackers quickly reinfecting those same sites all over again. Meanwhile, researchers at SecureWorks have infiltrated the Chinese underground in an attempt to procure a copy of the stealthy new automated tool being used in the attacks."
SecureWorks: Can I have a copy of your super secret automated tool?
ChineseUnderground: No...
"Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." -Gene Spafford
Is it like Big Trouble in Little China, with the lightning ninjas and floating eye thing? Did they get Kurt Russel to help?
If so, that would be AWESOME.
sudo eat my shorts
I'd say fully half of all the programmers are going to be below average...
It doesn't mean much now, it's built for the future.
I'd say fully half of them will be below median.
Did everyone miss the fact that the toolkit resposible includes some hefty DRM.
Where's the outrage?
Why aren't we demmanding an open source solution?
The more I think about it, the more I think your post should read
"...disgusting, inexcusable, and potentially hilarious."
Didn't you RTFA?
You must be new here, in spite of that two-digit user ID!
zsh% apt-cache search kaspersky
zsh%
You must be new here, in spite of that two-digit user ID
He probably is new. I saw Slashdot UID 56 for sale on E-Bay about a month ago for 17 cents or 4 sticks of Trident.
"researchers at SecureWorks have infiltrated the Chinese underground in an attempt to procure a copy of the stealthy new automated tool being used in the attacks"
I wish my job description sounded as exciting as this one.
I do not believe in karma. "Funny"=-6. Do good and forbid evil. Yours, Oft-Offtopic Flamebaiting Troll.
Chinkies broked the web. :(
Okay, now that there is a black president you realized that being racist against blacks would be unpatriotic ... so now you go after Chinese instead?
I for one (don't) welcome our new sino-phobic first-posting anonymous-coward overlords...
My favorite quote doesn't fit into 120 characters. Now no one will like me.