So, these guys find botnets, collect the info to have them shut down, and then get the channel shut down? While this is great, it does little to stem the tide of bots. Adware/spyware and viruses are still being made to create more bots. So, while Shadowserver goes after the host servers, there are still millions of computers that are infected and transmitting, including that physician that was sending patient data!! If we really want to shut botmasters down, we need to battle the root of the problem. Unfortunately, we're still not allowed to kill of the bottom of the gene pool. Either that or switch from XP to a better OS platform that has fewer known vulnerabilities (Mac, *nix).
So I won't lie, and start off easy. I am currently in a community college, getting all the basics of IT down, and am currently taking my first semester of Java programming. Last semester, I was taught Programming Logic. Nothing but psuedo-code. Fortunately, I have the same instructor for Programming Logic as Java programming. The Logic course was all concepts, mainly from a procedural point of view. Now that I'm in Java, understanding OOP is very easy. So I do have to agree with the parent poster here. If you want to start learning how to program, whether it's "programming" or "writing programs", start with the concepts, not an actual language. That way, by the time you do start learning a language, all of the concepts come in with it, and all the right coding habits can be formed up front.
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So, these guys find botnets, collect the info to have them shut down, and then get the channel shut down? While this is great, it does little to stem the tide of bots. Adware/spyware and viruses are still being made to create more bots. So, while Shadowserver goes after the host servers, there are still millions of computers that are infected and transmitting, including that physician that was sending patient data!! If we really want to shut botmasters down, we need to battle the root of the problem. Unfortunately, we're still not allowed to kill of the bottom of the gene pool. Either that or switch from XP to a better OS platform that has fewer known vulnerabilities (Mac, *nix).
So I won't lie, and start off easy. I am currently in a community college, getting all the basics of IT down, and am currently taking my first semester of Java programming. Last semester, I was taught Programming Logic. Nothing but psuedo-code. Fortunately, I have the same instructor for Programming Logic as Java programming. The Logic course was all concepts, mainly from a procedural point of view. Now that I'm in Java, understanding OOP is very easy. So I do have to agree with the parent poster here. If you want to start learning how to program, whether it's "programming" or "writing programs", start with the concepts, not an actual language. That way, by the time you do start learning a language, all of the concepts come in with it, and all the right coding habits can be formed up front.