SkiifGeek writes "Race to Zero, a sideline competition being set up at this year's DefCon has already got some Antivirus vendors steaming over the objectives of the contest. The basic gist of the competition is that it is a polymorphism competition. Competitors are given a set of malware samples that they must then modify such that they pass through a battery of antivirus scanners without detection and still have the payload viable.
Even if competitors ignore the published vulnerabilities and weaknesses affecting antivirus vendors, the competition should turn up some interesting results that will provide technical insight and concepts for further research similar to other recent controversial competitions." Link to Original Source
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