A Conference For Malware Writers

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."

Comments

Seriously...

[boneclinkz]

I love it when guys like this try and come off as if they provide some sort of legitimate service, and that they have an actual organized "community."

What's next?

Pedocon: Discussing the tools and tactics of the new generation of pedophiles, to enable parents to better protect their children.

MalCon

[Hatta]

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