NSA Writes More Potent Malware Than Hackers
John Leyden writes on The Register:
A project aimed at developing defences against malware that attacks unpatched vulnerabilities involved tests on samples developed by the NSA.More here.
The ultra-secretive US spy agency supplied network testing firm Iometrix with eight worms as part of its plans to develop what it describes as the industry's first Zero-day Attack Test Platform.
Richard Dagnell, VP of sales and marketing at Iometrix, said the six month project also featured tests involving two worm samples developed by a convicted hacker. The potency of the malware supplied by the NSA far exceeded that created by the hacker.
posted by Fergie @ 9/28/2007 10:36:00 AM
1 Comments:
While I'm sure we could all use a reminder, it comes as no big surprise that well-funded and legally protected government agencies can produce things that are more "potent" than folks with much less funding and legal protection (other examples are left as a rather trivial exercise for the reader ;-)
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