Wildeish. Seriousish.

So I started getting more into code, and while unfortunately my synergy project for android will probably go nowhere, I will now start posting other code to my github page! So, check it out!

… this is just too interesting not to comment:

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/03/the-worlds-most-mysterious-potentially-destructive-malware-is-not-stuxnet/

Basically, this is one of the most well-engineered pieces of malware; so much so that researchers still don’t know how it spreads. I highly recommend you read the whole thing, but some highlights about the malware:

• Cryptographically obfuscated payload – the key is the configuration of the target machine.
• Unknown attack vector
• Well-engineered load-balancing of C&C servers
• Inexplicable other behaviors, such as installing a new font (?)

The bottom line is this is the most interesting piece of malware I’ve seen in a long time, all seemingly from the authors of Stuxnet (supposedly the US or Israeli government).

So I’ve got pretty much most of the UI finished for Synergy, but I think I’ve hit a snag.  First, I haven’t found a good way to do the network communication in App Inventor and second, I don’t even know if App Inventor will support it, as well as support backgrounding the application to the notification area.  More research is needed.

I started a new project to code an android server/client for synergy.

http://code.google.com/p/synergy-android/

It’s got a LONG way to go, but so far this App Inventor seems like it’ll do the trick.