[funsec] Automatic cyber-counter-attacks

[Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah]

http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2012/09/get-ready-computers-worldwide-
automatically-smother-cyber-strikes/57977/

Can't see anything possibly going wrong with this, right?

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***@vcn.bc.ca ***@victoria.tc.ca ***@computercrime.org
Ceterum censeo Windows 7 esse delendam
victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm http://www.infosecbc.org/links
http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/
http://twitter.com/rslade

[Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec)]

skynet

Michael P. Blanchard
Senior Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE
Office of Information Security & Risk Management
EMC ² Corporation
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-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-***@linuxbox.org [mailto:funsec-***@linuxbox.org] On Behalf Of Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 2:53 PM
To: ***@linuxbox.org
Subject: [funsec] Automatic cyber-counter-attacks

http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2012/09/get-ready-computers-worldwide-
automatically-smother-cyber-strikes/57977/

Can't see anything possibly going wrong with this, right?

====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer)
***@vcn.bc.ca ***@victoria.tc.ca ***@computercrime.org
Ceterum censeo Windows 7 esse delendam
victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm http://www.infosecbc.org/links
http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/
http://twitter.com/rslade
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[Chris Boyd]

Post by Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2012/09/get-ready-computers-worldwide-
automatically-smother-cyber-strikes/57977/
Can't see anything possibly going wrong with this, right?

It's implementation dependent :-)

If they follow existing models like email DNSRBLs, the DROP list, or some of the Cymru stuff, it may not be too bad….

--Chris

[Kyle Creyts]

What happens when the immune system overreacts, or reacts improperly
to deal with a threat?

Post by Chris Boyd

Post by Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2012/09/get-ready-computers-worldwide-
automatically-smother-cyber-strikes/57977/
Can't see anything possibly going wrong with this, right?

It's implementation dependent :-)
If they follow existing models like email DNSRBLs, the DROP list, or some of the Cymru stuff, it may not be too bad….
--Chris
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[Bruce Ediger]

Post by Kyle Creyts
What happens when the immune system overreacts, or reacts improperly
to deal with a threat?

Cyberthritis, Cyberlupus, maybe Cyberallergies?

[Chris Boyd]

Post by Bruce Ediger

Post by Kyle Creyts
What happens when the immune system overreacts, or reacts improperly
to deal with a threat?

Cyberthritis, Cyberlupus, maybe Cyberallergies?

I like tube-itis

[Stephanie Daugherty]

Tubeworm?

Post by Chris Boyd

Post by Bruce Ediger

Post by Kyle Creyts
What happens when the immune system overreacts, or reacts improperly
to deal with a threat?

Cyberthritis, Cyberlupus, maybe Cyberallergies?

I like tube-itis
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[Kyle Creyts]

And what happens in cybersepsis?

Post by Kyle Creyts
What happens when the immune system overreacts, or reacts improperly

Post by Kyle Creyts
to deal with a threat?

Cyberthritis, Cyberlupus, maybe Cyberallergies?
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[V***@vt.edu]

Post by Kyle Creyts
And what happens in cybersepsis?

Isn't that already the normal state of the Internet?

[Kyle Creyts]

Aand what happens in cybersepsis?

Post by Kyle Creyts
What happens when the immune system overreacts, or reacts improperly

Post by Kyle Creyts
to deal with a threat?

Cyberthritis, Cyberlupus, maybe Cyberallergies?
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[Michael Collins, Aleae]

Post by Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2012/09/get-ready-computers-worldwide-
automatically-smother-cyber-strikes/57977/

So we're going to respond, what, six months after the attack by reading
pastebin posts?

[Chris Boyd]

Post by Michael Collins, Aleae
So we're going to respond, what, six months after the attack by reading
pastebin posts?

Send index pictures of the attacker's porn collections to their moms?