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Paul Vixie On DNS Changer: We're Dealing With Malware the Wrong Way

AlistairCharlton writes with this snippet: "Victims of the DNS Changer malware think they have better things to do than check their internet security, and as a digital society we're dealing with malware in completely the wrong way. These are the thoughts of Paul Vixie who worked with the FBI in intercepting servers used by a gang of Estonian hackers who made millions of dollars from redirecting internet users away from the websites they requested, directing them to advertisements instead." The linked article also offers an interesting description of how the FBI's quiet takeover of a botnet came to be.

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  1. Re:the lies we tell ourselves and each other by L4t3r4lu5 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

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