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A Conference For Malware Writers

Posted by Soulskill on from the who's-bringing-the-giant-hollow-horse dept.

tsu doh nimh writes "There is a security conference being held in Mumbai later this year called MalCon, and the organizers say it's the first ever conference dedicated to the 'malcoder community.' Brian Krebs interviewed one of them and got this gem: 'Just like the concept of "ethical hacking" has helped organizations to see that hackers are not all that bad, it is time to accept that "ethical malcoding" is required to research, identify and mitigate newer malwares in a "proactive" way.' Bruce Schneier is speaking at a sister MalCon event in Pune, India two days later, and he said he doesn't agree with the organizer's premise that more malware is needed to build better security tools."

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  1. Ohh, can we? can we? can we? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can we nuke the site from orbit?

  2. All our rotten eggs in one basket... by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Take off and nuke the site from Orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

    1. Re:All our rotten eggs in one basket... by kenrblan · · Score: 4, Funny

      That won't work. Malware is an ecological/economic niche, and someone(s) or something will fill it.

      Perhaps you are right, but nuking from orbit would be a significant deterrent. Besides, this could become an annual event. Having a contractor like Blackwater nuke it annually would open new jobs for malware enthusiasts each year. There would be construction jobs to rebuild the convention site. Just think of the economic impact! Additionally, it could serve as a method of population control. /s

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    2. Re:All our rotten eggs in one basket... by Badbone · · Score: 2, Funny

      Considering the group, I think they have no problem at all with population control.

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  3. Re:What could possibly go wrong? by jd · · Score: 2, Funny

    Microsoft will doubtless send an engineer so that the malware authors can reserve the bandwidth they need for all those coredumps mentioned earlier.

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  4. This is genius by Guido+del+Confuso · · Score: 3, Funny

    Also, they're having a conference for criminals down at the local police station. Real big conference, trust me. I bet there'll be booth babes.

    1. Re:This is genius by by+(1706743) · · Score: 2, Funny

      I bet there'll be booth babes.

      I'd go for the booth babes at the criminal convention over the malware booth babes...bound to be fewer viruses...

  5. after by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    They should give out free promotional USB memory devices! 100pts. for every attendee you get saying 'Let's see what's on this... oh... what an idiot...!' and facepalming/bursting into flames.

  6. MalCon by Hatta · · Score: 5, Funny

    They should hold it outside, under a bunch of large canopies. Then they'd be sure to have a lot of MalCon tents there.

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  7. Re:What could possibly go wrong? by mark72005 · · Score: 2, Funny

    And the malware developers don't give you popups and sound effects and nag screens about it. :)