Open source blamed for malware development

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jul 19, 2006 1:38 AM EDT
Reg Developer; By John Leyden
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Sauce for the gooseMalware authors are adopting open source development models to develop more potent threats. It's well known among security experts that botnet clients such as SDBot are written in a modular framework that allows hackers to add features that, for example, facilitate its spread through IM networks or add more potent attack features.…

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