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I think people who write malware to steal banking info should be prosecuted when possible. It will be interesting to see whether this goes to trial and if so ho
by hughes 9y ago
I think people who write malware to steal banking info should be prosecuted when possible. It will be interesting to see whether this goes to trial and if so how solid any evidence against him is.
However, I do not doubt that a mix of fear & incompetence could have resulted in his arrest as much as any concrete evidence of his involvement in Kronos. I think there's (perhaps rightfully) a culture of distrust and paranoia around law enforcement's interaction with ethical hacking. It's difficult to detach from that when legitimate prosecution happens.
- bjpbakker 9y ago> people who write malware to steal banking info should be prosecuted I really disagree with you on this. The problem is not the person who researches different exploits (ie who may /write/ the malware) but with the people who /use/ the malware to do bad things. When we keep preventing white hat researchers from doing their job, there's no defense against black hats. If he actually sold Kronos for the sole purpose of stealing, I agree that he should be prosecuted. If he only used it for research purposes, this is a complete witch hunt.
- Godel_unicode 9y agoThere's a pretty significant difference between exploit research and banking trojan development.
- djrogers 9y agoYou can’t just conflate exploit research and trojan creation with some hand waving. They are two very different things - not just different words.
- criddell 9y ago> I think people who write malware to steal banking info should be prosecuted when possible. If I write a program that can steal banking info, what law have I broken? Isn't it only the actual theft that's a crime?