RE: Get your computer viruses here!

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

These folks have a similar problem:

   http://www.atcc.org/

They sold anthrax spores to Iraq in the 1980's and this guy in 1998:

http://www.lasvegassun.com/dossier/crime/bio/harris.html 

Richard 

-----Original Message-----
From: Drsolly [mailto:drsollyp () drsolly com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 4:26 PM
To: Richard M. Smith
Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: Re: [funsec] Get your computer viruses here!

I already emailed with this guy to tell him about the reasons why he might
not want to do this. I obviously failed.

I don't see what the difference is, between this, and a VX site.

On Tue, 27 Dec 2005, Richard M. Smith wrote:

> This new Web site sounds a bit controversial.....
>
> Richard
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mvalsmith () gmail com [mailto:mvalsmith () gmail com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 5:05 PM
> To: bugtraq () securityfocus com
> Subject: Malware sample site
>
> Just wanted to let you guys know about a new computer security site at 
> http://www.offensivecomputing.net
>
> The purpose of this site is to foster collaborative analysis, 
> cataloging and identification of malware in order to improve defense and
awareness.
> This was something myself and other colleagues have seen the need for 
> a long time but could never find anything similar because most malware 
> collections are either closed lists or corporate non-public collections.
> This site is free and open to all.
>
> The basic idea is to have a community site where you can search for 
> malware based on name or md5sum and get zipped copies.
> People can upload their own samples of malware and collaborate on 
> analysis in a sort of a blog style. (think community commented 
> disassembles, graphs, ida databases, etc.)
>
> I know there are some problems with the concept such as using md5sums 
> but its a start and has proven useful already.
> I've got some malware collection stuff to help add to the database and 
> I have a small collection built up over the years that I am slowly 
> adding as well.
>
> I've started it off with some copies of common stuff like welchia, 
> sobig, the sony drm rootkit, etc. and some minimal analysis.
>
> This is NOT another Vx'ers site and the purpose isn't to propagate 
> worms or viruses but rather provide a medium for people to conduct 
> collaborative defense research with full access to the tools and samples.
>
> We're interested in any feedback, collaborations, and ideas from the 
> community and have already gotten a ton of response since launching 
> last Friday.
>
> have a good one,
>
> V. 
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