full-disclosure - ::::: future happenings..

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From: yossarian at planet.nl (yossarian)
Subject: ::::: future happenings..

Well, basically, any OS on any platform will be vulnerable when people don't
upgrade - when people care to write a virus or worm for it. Thats why MS is
affected - why code for the few BeOS users? They might all three be on
holiday and the worm might dud.
At least we'll have enough bandwidth then. Kidding aside - worse worms can
be made, and probably will be. It is an arms race. Technically much worse is
possible. Whiping HDD is one thing, set track0=bad or reprogramming parts of
standard hardware might be worse - like going after a pentium4 processor or
the BIOS.


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Subject: Re:::::: [Full-Disclosure] future happenings..


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> > Just reading through how easily this worm (RPC/DCOM/MSBlast) is
spreading,
>
> > and how widespread it is, and the potential number of infected systems
> - - do
> > some of you lot think its feasible that sometime in the future someone
> will
> > release a worm that DOES completely wipe the hard disks or do something
> > equally nasty to its host AFTER sending itself on to 'x' recipients?
>
>
> Let us hope so as it will be the only way the people will ever learn
> to stop purchasing this product. Corps and individuals alike will finally
> see through the charade of this company's code.  The purchasing decision
> makers at Corps have far too long enjoyed the silent kickbacks, the las
> vegas hooker runs financed by the weasel sales teams of the company that
> churns out this code.  The hoodwinking of the IT dept. shall come to
> an end, when the likes of senior management and even the CEO at the top,
>  all can no longer find that kiddie porn they downloaded for their daily
> wank just the other day.
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