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Betting on Malware
George Smith, 2003-08-04

DARPA's plan to create a futures market for terrorist activities is dead, but the concept is a natural for predicting viruses and worms.

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Betting on Malware 2003-08-04
Anonymous
One difference between the computer security "market" and others is thats its more susceptible to insider manipulation.

Consider someone who both bets on a new virus outbreak, and causes one by writing and releasing the virus.

Not especially likely that you'd get this sort of activity in the r...

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