Michael Mooney releases another worm: Law Enforcement / Intelligence Agency's do nothing
by n3td3v April 17, 2009 5:43 PM PDT "The teenager who takes credit for the worms that hit Twitter earlier this week has been hired by a Web application development firm and on Friday released a fifth worm on the microblogging site, he said." I hope the FBI nip him in the bud, this cannot continue, this needs to be made an example of. I want Law enforcement / Intelligence agency's to take control of the situation, now. http://news.cnet.com/8618-1009_3-10222373.html?communityId=2114&targetCommunityId=2114&blogId=83&messageId=7821482&tag=mncol;tback I want this individual made an example of and im not joking. Many thanks, Andrew Intelligencer & Founder of n3td3v British
andrew.wallace wrote:
I want this individual made an example of and im not joking.
And I'd like an example made of companies that ignore reports of security flaws and leave their customers open to such worms; not to mention giving the impression to misguided teenagers that the only way they will be heard is to release a worm. Historically, I believe some companies have ignored security concerns until someone (sometimes non-maliciously) released a worm. Of course, even non-malicious worms can have unpredictable results which result in catastrophic behavior. The earliest examples predate my residence on the network, but I've read a small bug made them extremely bad. Jack
So if Al-Qaeda blow up a shopping centre and the guy who masterminded it turns out to be 17 he gets a job in MI5? OH MY GOD. On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 2:28 AM, Jack Bates <jbates@brightok.net> wrote:
andrew.wallace wrote:
I want this individual made an example of and im not joking.
And I'd like an example made of companies that ignore reports of security flaws and leave their customers open to such worms; not to mention giving the impression to misguided teenagers that the only way they will be heard is to release a worm.
Historically, I believe some companies have ignored security concerns until someone (sometimes non-maliciously) released a worm. Of course, even non-malicious worms can have unpredictable results which result in catastrophic behavior. The earliest examples predate my residence on the network, but I've read a small bug made them extremely bad.
Jack
So if Al-Qaeda blow up a shopping centre and the guy who masterminded it turns out to be 17 he gets a job in MI5?
what is more fun than a net vigilante? a ranting and raving hyperbolic net vigilante.
You are exactly right Randy. from Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> to Franck Martin <franck@genius.com> cc 74attendees@ietf.org date Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 4:47 PM subject Re: [74attendees] IETF attendee from Italy or Hong Kong -- visa issue
Yes Stockholm is first but as it seemed to be an issue with Asia going to the USA, Hiroshima is likely the meeting than most Asian will be able to attend with less visas problems?
i am not sure about north koreans, but i am not aware that there would be problems for others. but i am not sure. and in many venues there are also significant problems with various middle-eastern, north african, and gulf countries. this is aside from the israelis keeping the palestinians imprisoned in their own country. On Apr 17, 2009, at 9:56 PM, Randy Bush wrote:
So if Al-Qaeda blow up a shopping centre and the guy who masterminded it turns out to be 17 he gets a job in MI5?
what is more fun than a net vigilante? a ranting and raving hyperbolic net vigilante.
Pardon the ignorance I have to take this a step back. Your neighbor leaves their window open with a fresh bowl of fish near the window. A bunch of cats show up and start trying to get in, to no avail do they get in. At the first chance you discuss this with your neighbor, and warn them of this situation. The following day the neighbor does the same thing, window open, fresh bowl of fish, do you A: sit back and say "Told you so". B: Swat the cats away and guard the window. C: kill all the cats in the area. D: hire the cats to find another open window. I know this sounds silly, but to simplify things, If you A: Sitting back and watching the whole mess your now an accessory (Yeah I watched em) B: Neighbor says "Hey I wanted to take pictures of those cats and you shoed them away!" C: Vigilante style kill all the cats. Closing a window just is too much. D: Hire cats? Perhaps another EDS commercial. If theres a genuine exploit that one has been made aware of, and there is no preventive action made than I think we all know the outcome. If theres a sudden exploit that runs ramped that you haven't been aware of than lots of time spent researching it. Locking up all the "bad guys" will not solve the short comings of security in applications. But just my 2¢s - Joe Blanchard
-----Original Message----- From: Randy Bush [mailto:randy@psg.com] Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 12:56 AM To: andrew.wallace Cc: n3td3v; nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Michael Mooney releases another worm: Law Enforcement /Intelligence Agency's do nothing
So if Al-Qaeda blow up a shopping centre and the guy who masterminded it turns out to be 17 he gets a job in MI5?
what is more fun than a net vigilante? a ranting and raving hyperbolic net vigilante.
lol, in a virtual world its always nice to have the delete key (:
-----Original Message----- From: Randy Bush [mailto:randy@psg.com] Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 3:10 AM To: Jo¢ Cc: 'andrew.wallace'; 'n3td3v'; nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Michael Mooney releases another worm: Law Enforcement /Intelligence Agency's do nothing
I have to take this a step back. Your neighbor leaves their window open with a fresh bowl of fish near the window.
what i do is laugh at the fool and hit delete
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