Stephen Fulton wrote:
Sure, most of the people on this list would make very smart and skilled criminals if they would choose to pursue that path.That assumes that the worm must "discover" exploitable hosts. What if those hosts have already been identified through other means previously? A nation, terrorist or criminal with the means could very well compile a relatively accurate database and use such a worm to attack specific targets, and those attacks need not be destructive/disruptive.
Pete