For me, the StuxNet and Flame exploits contain one lesson; one which is conveniently overlooked by almost all reporters, probably on the orders of their higher-up owners and editors. It only attacks MS Windows, so anyone still using Windows must be crazy. Especially if you live in the Arab world :-)

Back in the day, when every geek who thought Bill Gates and Windows was in cahoots with the NSA was labeled a kook, we were more vigilant. I always suspected that Windows gained such prominance in the OS market, not because Gates was a genius and Windows was so good, but because it gave big governemnt backdoors into everyone's computers. ( I now don my flame proof suit) :-)

I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth.
Old Perl Programmer Haiku ................... flash japh

In reply to Re^3: Malware on CPAN by zentara
in thread Malware on CPAN by Anonymous Monk

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