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Researchers Seek Help In Solving DuQu Mystery Language

Posted by samzenpus on from the rosetta-stone-wanted dept.

An anonymous reader writes "DuQu, the malicious code that followed in the wake of the infamous Stuxnet code, has been analyzed nearly as much as its predecessor. But one part of the code remains a mystery, and researchers are asking programmers for help in solving it. The mystery concerns an essential component of the malware that communicates with command-and-control servers and has the ability to download additional payload modules and execute them on infected machines."

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  1. It says... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    NSA Property, Keep Out.

  2. Mystery Code by Oswald+McWeany · · Score: 4, Funny

    The mystery code isn't really much of a mystery- it's just how Duqu communicates with the sith lord.

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  3. it was written in assembly language by circletimessquare · · Score: 3, Funny

    that's just a guess

    but the level these guys are working at here, something well above script kiddie and slightly below elder neckbeard, it seems entirely plausible to me

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    1. Re:it was written in assembly language by circletimessquare · · Score: 5, Funny

      fine, you've made your point

      but the official coder manual officially classifies neckbeards as

      young neckbeard, adult neckbeard, elder neckbeard, and ancient neckbeard

      with Hit Points 100, 300, 700, and 1500, respectively

      the ancient variety is allowed to cast Befuddlement at will with a savings throw adjustment of -6 on your character's intelligence rating. i see you tried to cast that spell in your past post

      but i have no idea what this "advanced" neckbeard is you refer too. i don't think such a neckbeard classification exists... oh shoot, did you just Befuddle me?

      fine, i'll wait out the next 3 turns

      *sigh*

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  4. Enough of this SMALLTALK... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Enough of this SMALLTALK this DuQu language is BASIC to understand. It is PICO fast, runs sweet as MAPLE, and I hear is easy to MAKE. Be LUCID and CLEAN - you don't need to wear LaTeX, know a person named LISA, or any other LINGO. To let this FELIX GENIE out of it's DRACO bottle all you need to do it talk to a TUTOR. In the meantime CHILL out and enjoy some JAVA. Now Go, GO!

  5. It's either: by blueforce · · Score: 4, Funny

    Objective-Brainfuck or Brainfuck with Classes

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  6. Any sucker by AliasMarlowe · · Score: 4, Funny

    Any sucker can tell it was written in Linda.

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  7. Re:Perl by larien · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can't be perl. It's far too readable, for a start.

  8. the decoded message is by Eponymous+Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Be sure to drink your Ovaltine."

  9. Re:NSA by lennier · · Score: 4, Funny

    DHS, conspiracy theories aside, is likely conducting their own investigation into DuQu

    No need for that unless they snuffed the original developer before securing the relevant docs.~

    Hey, everyone makes mistakes. That drone was supposed to have been loaded with tranquilizer darts, not Hellfires. Boy, there were some red faces in the office when we found out what happened.

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