[Security] Malware attacking compilers

[aestetix aestetix]

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/08/induc/

>From the url: "Security experts seem more intrigued than alarmed over a
newly-discovered virus that inserts itself into a Delphi compiler, and
replicates itself in every program compiled."

This is a very interesting concept, kind of a "ghost in the ghost in the
machine" attack. It's not new by any measures, but it's still fun. I seem to
remember seeing this idea both in *Godel Escher Bach*, as well as the *Gold
Bug Variations*. When the blitz of Burning Man and the move is over, we
might actually want to try to hunt down a copy of this or similar malware
and try to reverse it.
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