On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:47:13 +0200, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=C5ke_Nordin?= said:
> On 6/1/07, Steve Manzuik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Anybody know if the malware Soloway used to build his spambot networks
> > > is subject to fairly easy takeover by somebody else?
> >
> > Not sure but if a copy of the malware is available it wouldn't be too
> > hard for one to take a peek and figure out how to gain control of the
> > botnet.
>
> The least of the problems involved with that scenario are probably
> the technological ones. I assume one puts h{im|er}self in a rather
> delicate legal position in most western countries if one would hijack
> such a botnet (and thus implicitly the systems under it's control),Like hijacking a botnet is any more illegal than creating it in the first place? :) > since there would be a rather high probability that a few of the > affected systems were owned and/or operated by legal bodies in > the same jurisdiction. I reckon only LEAs operating under unusually > permissive legal restrictions would have any chance to get away with it. Actually, I was wondering whether some *other* miscreant who doesn't have any moral objections to running a botnet would rather take over the already existing botnets that Soloway had set up, or grow their own miscreant botnet....
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