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I know. But back then malware was still nearly exclusively done for "fun". Nowadays it's all about money
by pilif 14y ago
I know. But back then malware was still nearly exclusively done for "fun". Nowadays it's all about money
- 0x0 14y agoLike Stuxnet?
- gus_massa 14y agoStuxnet was not a virus designed to break random computers for "fun" (or "proof of concept"). It was a targeted weapon designed to break a specific place. Unless someone pays to cause the destruction, it's economically better for the malware authors people to create a inconspicuous botnet.
- 0x0 14y agoImagine if it turns out, in the future, such a "specific place" runs on Samsung laptops.
- Dylan16807 14y agoI'm not sure what the point of this exercise is. If the virus is as sophisticated as stuxnet it will only brick the Samsung laptops at that location, and it will have to do so only after spreading.
- 0x0 14y agoAll the replies seemed to dismiss the issue as not a problem, because who would want to brick a computer?! I'm just trying to highlight the many problems that appear when computers can be maliciously (or even accidentally) bricked by regular software.
- Dylan16807 14y agoOkay, but you should pick a more likely threat instead of making a shark attack argument.
- 0x0 14y agoI'm unfamiliar with that phrase, but are you saying CIH couldn't have happened in 2013?
- Dylan16807 14y agoSure it could. So make your argument about something like that, a widespread threat, instead of something that is very scary and widely reported in the media but also very rare, akin to the chance of dying from a shark bite.
- 0x0 14y agoThat WAS the original argument.
- Dylan16807 14y agoOkay I was unclear, let me try this again. pilif made an argument about times changing that you have not countered. You need something like that but modern. Stuxnet is too different of a beast to support you.
- 0x0 14y agoAt this point I guess we'll have to agree to disagree, if you're convinced this is not a risk for Samsung laptop owners.
- Dylan16807 14y agoIt's some risk, I guess. But I was interested specifically in what you had to counter pilif's most recent post. I guess either I was too unclear or you don't have a counter.
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoPeople still write malware for fun, there's just also lots of malware made to make money as well.