| On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 06:35:35 -0500 Roy M. Silvernail wrote: >On Mon, 2004-02-02 at 03:52, Dean Ashton wrote: >> >>From http://sco.com/thescogroup/ >> >> “Security experts are calling Mydoom the largest virus attack ever to >> hit the Internet, costing businesses and computer users around the world >> in excess of $1 billion in lost productivity and damage,” said Darl >> McBride >> >> now does that sound a little excessive to anyone else? >Not any more excessive than "millions of lines of stolen code".-- The MyDoom author should be an asset to any security company fighting this kind of attacks. Or maybe he already is. I would not hesitate employing him to do the analysis and synthesis of the obvious 3G vulnerabilities built into UMTS, etc. Approaching 1 billion cell phone users there will be a new risk landscape - much more demanding than the current one. Any time, Lennart Damm +46 73 632-4001 |
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