[time4f5]

The future of programming may not change the function of programming, but the role of programming is changing.

http://www.foxnews.c...in-middle-east/

things like : cyberwarfare is here now, but it will be a bigger deal in the future

[jon.kiparsky]

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But this new weapon is twenty times the size of that cyberbomb and far more powerful,

Yep. Fox hires knowledgeable reporters, all right...

[jon.kiparsky]

jon.kiparsky, on 29 May 2012 - 12:14 PM, said:

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But this new weapon is twenty times the size of that cyberbomb and far more powerful,

Yep. Fox hires knowledgeable reporters, all right...

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Researchers said it will take months if not years to fully dissect the massive program, which uses a database to store information rather than a simple text file -- a clue to the scope of the cyber-spying.

Sweet galloping Jeebus. They used a database. Those fiends!

[time4f5]

it's o.k. Jon, for those who prefer more liberal news:

http://www.cnn.com/2...?iref=allsearch


Gostev says that because of its size and complexity, complete analysis of the code may take years.

"It took us half-a-year to analyze Stuxnet," he said. "This is 20-times more complicated. It will take us 10 years to fully understand everything."

[jon.kiparsky]

time4f5, on 29 May 2012 - 12:39 PM, said:

it's o.k. Jon, for those who prefer more liberal news:

Nothing to do with liberal or conservative... just a typical howler from an idiot reporter.

This was interesting, though, from the CNN piece:

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The malware has no kill date, though the operators have the ability to send a kill module to it if needed. The kill module, named browse32, searches for every trace of the malware on the system, including stored files full of screenshots and data stolen by the malware, and eliminates them, picking up any breadcrumbs that might be left behind.
"When the kill module is activated, there's nothing left whatsoever," Gostev said.

Wouldn't it be nice if package managers could uninstall this well?

[time4f5]

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"When the kill module is activated, there's nothing left whatsoever," Gostev said.

Wouldn't it be nice if package managers could uninstall this well?

Impressive!

This post has been edited by time4f5: 29 May 2012 - 11:30 AM

[ishkabible]

Hey, fox showed Lua code for their cute little picture! why did they pick such a unique language to show?

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O COOL! it was written in Lua!! Fox actully showed the right language.

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lulz, "20 times more code makes it more effective"! this is hysterical. I love it when under qualified people talk about this stuff. they even made their own "expert" look like an idiot.

also, how self righteous do you have to be to count it as "good" when we do it someone else but "evil" when it's done to us? people are so fucking stupid.

This post has been edited by ishkabible: 29 May 2012 - 11:58 AM

[jon.kiparsky]

... as literally tens of lua programmers revise their resumes, anticipating idiot questions from hiring managers:

"So, Lua, that's, what, mostly used in writing viruses, isn't it?"
"Um, no, actually it's... oh, nevermind..."



And that, children, is how "lua" got to be rebranded as "kuu".

[ishkabible]

Lol, I recently got a job where I most of what I showed on my resume was written in Lua...I feel like I'm going to get a question or two about that now

[time4f5]

wow, I just got like 60 reponse posts sent to my email. guess I need to change settings. thanks ishkabible.

This post has been edited by time4f5: 29 May 2012 - 12:25 PM

[ishkabible]

wait...what did I do to deserve a "thanks"?

[time4f5]

Ha, must have a system goof. I had 60 emails in my inbox saying that you had responded to my post. I thought you did it on purpose. Lol

This post has been edited by time4f5: 29 May 2012 - 01:14 PM

[ishkabible]

you should report that actually in the site support forum

[jon.kiparsky]

ishkabible, on 29 May 2012 - 03:45 PM, said:

you should report that actually in the site support forum

It's been reported at least once.

[creativecoding]

Fox news hire writers that are good at persuasive essays, but not so much at actual reporting. What I wonder is how does the virus infect other computers? Is it just being spread around by removable media or could it also be on the internet? And if it is on the internet, why haven't other countries been affected by it yet? Do we not have access to sites hosted in the middle-east?