Re: This:
"It's feasible to build a space elevator. It doesn't mean we've got one, or that it'll be cheap or easy or likely to get one."
Absolutely ridiculous comparison. We don't have space elevators because of physical and monetary constraints. We don't have the tech or materials to build one. We DO have computer code that can change itself to avoid detection and that's been around for 30 years and will only get better as the VX'ers improve their anti detection routines.
We can now expect to see nearly all malware use polymorphism, in fact I will bet that an underground cybercrime forum starts to offer one (a kit to morph code) for sale.
The reason modern malware is complex is because it has to be complex as computers and their languages are more complex, that's all... It doesn't matter whether its written in fortran, algol, assembler, java or bloody Sinclair BASIC... Look at ASLR, defeated within weeks and now an unnecessary complication. Yes it took some clever workaround programming but it was done. Stalemate again....
Don't get me wrong, I'm not slagging MS, I love my Windows OS but it still seems that this is a little too late....It will provide 6 months respite while the cybercrims up the ante....