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lanux128:
I cannot see why anyone would use pirated antivirus software. If they can hack it to let people steal it, what else have they done to it? Just pay for what you own, sheesh.-y0himba (February 24, 2011, 05:03 AM)
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it's quite oxymoronic but it does happen as the devs of Avast! antivirus found out.
40hz:
reputable 0day groups,
-f0dder (February 24, 2011, 07:53 AM)
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;D ;D ;D ;D
:-*
I'm gonna add that to my yogi-ism & oxymoron collection. :Thmbsup:
f0dder:
reputable 0day groups,
-f0dder (February 24, 2011, 07:53 AM)
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I'm gonna add that to my yogi-ism & oxymoron collection. :Thmbsup:
-40hz (February 24, 2011, 08:09 AM)
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I was dead serious - I can't see the oxymoron there, honestly. There's some very talented people out there, and it's breeding ground for the next generation of serious security engineers :)
40hz:
Including Asia does alter the equation a bit.
There's an old story about how Borland president Phillipe Kahn made a present of a copy of TurboPascal to a university professor friend when he visited China. Shortly after that, TurboPascal became China's single most popular program. Estimated deployment was in the hundreds of thousands.
Unfortunately, Borland never sold even a single copy of TurboPascal to a customer in China. :-\
40hz:
reputable 0day groups,
-f0dder (February 24, 2011, 07:53 AM)
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I'm gonna add that to my yogi-ism & oxymoron collection. :Thmbsup:
-40hz (February 24, 2011, 08:09 AM)
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I was dead serious - I can't see the oxymoron there, honestly. There's some very talented people out there, and it's breeding ground for the next generation of serious security engineers :)
-f0dder (February 24, 2011, 08:17 AM)
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And possibly the next generation of "serious" cyber-criminals and government black-ops operatives?
I'm not so sanguine as to believe they're all the cyber-equivalent of Robin Hood.
And they can be "gotten to" just like anybody else.
If they're that good - and they're smart enough to follow the money (or know when a threat made to them or their loved ones isn't a joke) - then I think the security industry just might miss the cut when it comes to making a career choice.
Don't forget, the 'bad guys' have talent scouts and recruiters too. You don't even need to speak Russian or Bulgarian to understand them any more.
:)
P.S.
@f0dder - Quick note: I wasn't trying to mock your earlier comment. But I did find it a funny choice of words even if you were being dead serious about it. Honestly, I do understand what you're saying. And you do make a valid point even if I disagree to some extent about the likelihood of a "good outcome" resulting from your premise. No offense or criticism is intended. :)
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