Malware Dev Answers Questions on Reddit

[dAnceguy117]

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comment...developer_ama/

kinda old, but still a good read. plenty of interesting tidbits. the questions and answers range from low-level and generic to highly technical. I'll flesh out this post with some quotes sometime soon. for now, here are some ideas he reinforces which we should already know:

• antivirus software can't detect the newest malware
• browsers and browser plugins, if not up-to-date, can be easily exploited
• Mac and home Linux/Unix users make up a relatively small portion of the Internet's population, so most malware developers don't target these users' systems
• Windows XP is hella vulnerable