Bad Guys Use Open Source, Too 84
First time accepted submitter colinneagle writes "Open source has been so successful in giving us software like Linux, Apache, Hadoop, etc., why wouldn't the open source method work with other types of software? Probably no one expected that the criminals behind vast malware trojans would adopt open source methods to make their malware more dangerous, but they have. According to this report from Seculert Research, the makers of Citadel, a variant of the Zeus Trojan are using open source models to hone their code and make the Trojan more dangerous."
Haven't they always? (Score:5, Insightful)
Uh, malware has been using open source for ages (Score:4, Insightful)
Probably no one expected that the criminals behind vast malware trojans would adopt open source methods to make their malware more dangerous, but they have.
That's just idiotic and the whole article reads as an advertisement for Seculert
Re:Haven't they always? (Score:5, Insightful)
In addition, any code that's given away to do good can also do evil. Consider, for instance, nmap. It's great if you're trying to see how open you are to attack, or if you're trying to take down a power grid so Neo and Morpheus don't get killed, but it's also really handy if you're trying to determine the best vector for taking over a host.
Re:Need open-source antimalware too (Score:4, Insightful)
Something called ClamAV?