RE: [PHP] cyberweaponry

> -----Original Message----- > From: Tedd Sperling [mailto:tedd@sperling.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 1:21 PM > To: php-general General > Subject: [PHP] cyberweaponry > > Hi gang: > > This is a little early for Friday's "Open Comment" day, but my memory is > increasingly more short term and by tomorrow I might forget -- so, here > goes. > > I watched a interview today where an security expert claimed that the Flame > Virus was written in a scripted language named lua (http://www.lua.org/). > > He said that this was unusual because typically such viruses are written in > languages like Ruby-on-Rails and such. > > So, my question to the group -- has PHP produced any viruses? If not, could > it? If so, can anyone elaborate on the details? > Malware, Trojans and virii OH MY!!! But seriously, I think we may need to establish a parameter here to avoid mixing of virii with other types of non-viral malware. [>] Computer virus - a self-replicating program that can transmit itself from computer to computer. Other non-viral Malware - spyware, Trojans basically and program written with malicious intent that does not self-replicate. Or are we talking about malware in general? Marc Hall I'm broke so can I borrow 2 cents from Tedd?