[funsec] NSA Writes More Potent Malware Than Hackers

[Paul Ferguson]

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Via The Register.

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A project aimed at developing defences against malware that attacks
unpatched vulnerabilities involved tests on samples developed by the NSA.

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.

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More:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/28/nsa_hacker_malware_defense_project/

- - ferg

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