Code Talkers

James Joyner remarks on another good reason to use linux the creativity of the recent email virus making the rounds. Hard to believe they're written by these little pottie mouths

Inside Bagle.j, the eighth variant to debut since Friday, and which first showed Tuesday, is text taunting Netsky that reads "Hey,NetSky, f*** off you b****, don't ruine our bussiness, wanna start a war?" (Not exactly Shakespeare, and the hacker's spell-checker must not be working.)

Or maybe this is payback for the "whole-word learning" movement.

Within Bagle.k, a new variant that appeared Wednesday, is similar text, said Sophos: "Hey, NetSky, f*** off you b****!"

Netsky.f, another worm discovered Wednesday, sports a retort, according to analysis by F-Secure. Tucked inside its code is the line "Skynet AntiVirus --Bagle -- you are a looser!!!"

Takes me back to the good old days in alt.hackers.malicious