A Conference For Malware Writers 112
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."
What could possibly go wrong? (Score:1, Insightful)
What could possibly go wrong?
Bad analogy is bad (Score:4, Insightful)
Seriously... (Score:5, Insightful)
What's next?
Pedocon: Discussing the tools and tactics of the new generation of pedophiles, to enable parents to better protect their children.
Re:Bad analogy is bad (Score:3, Insightful)
Ethical Malcoding (Score:5, Insightful)
Ethical Terrorism
Ethical Oppression
Ethical Genocide
Ethical Cannibalism
Ethical Amorality
Maybe they're hoping that by concentrating enough evil in one room, they'll create a black hole of iniquity that will flush these fuckers down a cosmic toilet.
Re:All our rotten eggs in one basket... (Score:4, Insightful)
That won't work. Malware is an ecological/economic niche, and someone(s) or something will fill it.
Yeah, Right (Score:3, Insightful)
Yeah. Like more murders lead to better murder investigations.
Serial Killers (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:What could possibly go wrong? (Score:2, Insightful)
Car Bomb (Score:3, Insightful)
If ever a car bomb was an appropriate response to anything, this is it.
Re:What could possibly go wrong? (Score:3, Insightful)
Malware does automatic updates and upgrades.