{"id":841,"date":"2008-04-29T09:05:48","date_gmt":"2008-04-29T09:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/?p=841"},"modified":"2015-09-09T19:39:29","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T11:39:29","slug":"av-firms-split-over-defcon-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/2008\/04\/av-firms-split-over-defcon-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"AV Firms Split Over Defcon Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Now this is a pretty interesting contest from the guys at Defcon, antivirus evasion! It’s a question that gets asked a LOT…how do I avoid AV?<\/p>\n
There are various ways to do it and I’ll be interested to see which are used in the contest, the most elegant solutions of course get better prizes.<\/p>\n
Security firms have split over the merits of a hacking contest aimed against anti-virus packages planned for August’s Defcon conference.<\/p>\n
Anti-virus firm Sophos reckons the exercise will serve only to increase the volume of malware in circulation, further taxing the resources of already hard-pressed security firms. However, net security services firm MessageLabs reckons the proposed Race to Zero competition has some merits as an exercise. It compared the wheeze to penetration testing against corporate networks.<\/p>\n