The Security Mentor

There are more good people than bad people, and there are more good people fascinated by writing self-reproducing computer programs than there are bad people. Security Focus just interviewed one of the good (I think) people, Kevin Finisterre, discoverer of the Mac OS X Bluetooth security vulnerabilities and author of "proof of concept" worms that illustrate the problem but are written so they can't spread. He sent copies to Apple and to antivirus companies. Read the interview to get an idea how his mind works, and to remind yourself that originally "hacker" meant "tinkerer".