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Date: Mon Feb 02 2004 - 11:29:33 CST

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On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 11:57:14 EST, Lennart Damm <lennart.dammexcite.com> said:
> The MyDoom author should be an asset to any security company fighting this
> kind of attacks. Or maybe he already is. I would not hesitate employing him to
> do the analysis and synthesis of the obvious 3G vulnerabilities built into
> UMTS, etc. Approaching 1 billion cell phone users there will be a new risk
> landscape - much more demanding than the current one.

This would be true if MyDoom showed any really creative innovation, like
abusing a as-yet-generally-unknown 0day, or some novel approach to finding
ways into a system.

If I was looking for holes, I'd pass on the MyDoom author and find out
what Lie Die Yu was doing - the kind of thinking that went into the
"Sis Step IE Remote Compromise Cache Attack" is what you want on your side.

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