Malware Modification Contest Has Antivirus Vendors Upset

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SkiifGeek writes "Race to Zero, a sideline competition being set up at this year's DefCon, already has some Antivirus vendors steaming over the objectives of the contest. They are upset because it is essentially a polymorphism exercise. Entrants are given a set of malware samples which they must then modify to pass through a battery of antivirus scanners without detection while still carrying a viable payload. Even if competitors ignore the published vulnerabilities and weaknesses affecting antivirus vendors, the competition should turn up some interesting results. It may provide technical insight and concepts for further research as similar competitions have done in the past."http://developers.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/04/27/166224 (http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/27/166224&from=rss)
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