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Torpig Botnet Hijacked and Dissected
An anonymous reader writes "A team of researchers at UC Santa Barbara have hijacked the infamous Torpig botnet for 10 days. They have released a report (PDF) that describes how that was done and the data they collected. They observed more than 180K infected machines (this is the number of actual bots, not just IP addresses), collected 70GB of data stolen by the Torpig trojan, extracted almost 10K bank accounts and credit card numbers worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in the underground market, and examined the privacy threats that this trojan poses to its victims. Considering that Torpig has been around at least since 2006, isn't it time to finally get rid of it?"
no, maybe, oh I don't know. Why do I get all the hard questions?
Yes, if it were an illegally operated rental car company, or if I were using the rental cars to smuggle banned substances or stolen goods. Turn the car into a smoking pile of twisted metal, and all the coke hidden in the seats suddenly isn't there anymore.
Admit it. You post strawman arguments as AC so you get modded Insightful for refuting them, rather than Troll
Why does this sound like a cross between an Onion and Swine Flu?
"It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
It's "Viruses". Just for future reference. I know, I'm being pedantic.
True, but unfortunately it seems they aren't smart enough to keep quiet about it.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Fortunately they're quite easy to spot due to the red coloration.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
There, fixed that for you.
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I am so tired of the "license to use a car" argument that never seems to lose traction around here. Cars are just not computers, even if they do have some similarities.
I'll provide a handy reference guide since no one seems to get this:
CARS:
Use gasoline
Transport you physically from place to place
Can be loud if you have one of those annoying exhaust pipes
Does NOT run a spreadsheet
Can be used to get hot women
If you take the top off, you get a breezy fun ride
Can kill people if driven badly
Can get you a ticket if you drive through a red light
Works with my iPod
Serves as a makeshift bed for spontaneous sexual activity
Can be used to see women engaged in lude acts
COMPUTERS:
Use electricity
You don't really move out of your chair
Can be loud if you have one of those annoying huge fans
DOES run a spreadsheet
Can NEVER be used to get hot women
If you take the top off you just look like a nerd
Doesn't kill people if used badly
Can get you a fine if you download movies
Works with my iPod
Would result in bodily harm if used for spontaneous sexual activity
Can be used to see women engaged in lude acts
HINT: Cars require licensing because failure to operate one safely potentially results in the deaths of many people. Computers can only potentially result in yourself being harmed in a non-corporeal way.
I hope this helps.