Phishing? Searching for Worms? Good way to spend a summer... Good way to kill the Internet, too, unfortunately. PCWorld has this story about a worm that was trying to use Google to find servers it could propogate itself to. The folks behind these attacks really unnerve me. Their motivations are pretty unclear, given that they're not really benefiting directly. Are they a bunch of kids just getting their jollies, or are they practicing for some more serious attack? I've never been a huge fan of legislation, but the penalties for these sorts of things need to be more severe and more consistent around the globe, while developers need to be more diligent in securing their code against this sort of nonsense. While the Internet currently represents a fairly minor percentage of the world economy, its growth could fuel economic benefits for countries and people around the world for years to come. Some unknown party mucking it up for kicks should be kicked back, and hard, for all of our sakes.   ¶ 6:45 PM