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New Breed of Trojan Raises Security Concerns (IMMINENT CYBER ATTACK)
www.eweek.com ^ | June 13, 2003 | Dennis Fisher

Posted on 06/17/2003 6:47:22 PM PDT by Nexus

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:58:58 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Security researchers believe they have identified a new breed of Trojan horse that is infecting machines on the Internet, possibly in preparation for a larger coordinated attack.

However, experts have been unable to pin down many of the details of the program's behavior and are unsure how many machines might be compromised by the Trojan.


(Excerpt) Read more at eweek.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cert; computervirus; cybersecurity; fbi; ipaddress; lancope; portscan; techindex; tinfoil; trojan; trojanhorse; virus; wot
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To: rwfromkansas
I didn't see anything on the Symantec site that I could associate with this!
21 posted on 06/17/2003 8:25:38 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Recall Gray Davis and then start on the other Democrats)
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To: rwfromkansas
The good news is that the trojan I received does not infect any other files, so now that I removed its little file, it is gone.

But of course, the hacker may have done something if he used the trojan before I got rid of it.
22 posted on 06/17/2003 8:26:09 PM PDT by rwfromkansas ("There is dust enough on some of your Bibles to write 'damnation' with your fingers." C.H. Spurgeon)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Mine was the backdoor.sdbot virus on the Symantec site.
23 posted on 06/17/2003 8:26:41 PM PDT by rwfromkansas ("There is dust enough on some of your Bibles to write 'damnation' with your fingers." C.H. Spurgeon)
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To: Nexus
Thanks for the info. I am going to install some software specifically designed to look for these backdoor trojans because Norton Antivirus didn't do a damn thing until about a week after it got on here.
24 posted on 06/17/2003 8:28:55 PM PDT by rwfromkansas ("There is dust enough on some of your Bibles to write 'damnation' with your fingers." C.H. Spurgeon)
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To: Nexus
I hope that what you say is not true, but you appear to have some highly connected sources.

If I was a professional journalist, I think I would be spending tonight trying to find sources for a story on this. It could be big if the chatter and concern you have been reading is true.

If the bastards dare attack us with this and a ground attack, Dubya better retaliate with extreme anger or I fear the people will not support him in 2004. They forgave him with Sept. 11, but now that he has promised we are safe, they may not be so forgiving.
26 posted on 06/17/2003 8:32:41 PM PDT by rwfromkansas ("There is dust enough on some of your Bibles to write 'damnation' with your fingers." C.H. Spurgeon)
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To: rwfromkansas
What software is that?
27 posted on 06/17/2003 8:33:57 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Recall Gray Davis and then start on the other Democrats)
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To: rwfromkansas
my norton AV security keeps telling me it is blocking that virus.... about 2 times an evening and when I am on FR...

If you have it you know about the little side bar on right of screen that shoots out when it has detected/blocked something....

do you have live updates?
28 posted on 06/17/2003 8:34:08 PM PDT by DollyCali (Authenticity: To have Arrived !)
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To: Nexus

29 posted on 06/17/2003 8:34:31 PM PDT by Thane_Banquo
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To: Nexus
Ooooh NOoooooo! I'm out of tinfoil ... Aaaagggghhhhh!!!
30 posted on 06/17/2003 8:35:13 PM PDT by CyberAnt ( America - You Are The Greatest!!)
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To: Quix
I have had a growing sense of foreboding the last 72 hours. Perhaps this would explain it.

Naw...that's just normal paranoia in the digital age.

Everybody gets that.

31 posted on 06/17/2003 8:35:55 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (®)
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To: Gabrielle Reilly
GR - thanks for heads up on this thread.

I sent clips to my email list & I think I will just turn off computer early thursday evening for 36 hours or so.

I am sick & don't want a sick computer. I lost a computer a few years ago to a virus. Once is enough.

Better to be Niave/Safe than bold/sorry
32 posted on 06/17/2003 8:37:18 PM PDT by DollyCali (Authenticity: To have Arrived !)
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To: Nexus
Another good site for anyone interested to monitor overall Internet traffic broken down by continents.

http://www.internettrafficreport.com/main.htm
33 posted on 06/17/2003 8:44:35 PM PDT by Tamzee (Liberalism.... the willing suspense of rationality.)
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To: Nexus
A good place to start...
35 posted on 06/17/2003 8:48:12 PM PDT by Mr Crontab
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To: Nexus
Tomorrow bump!
36 posted on 06/17/2003 8:48:53 PM PDT by abner (www.usflagballoon.com<<<----- Shameless plug)
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To: DollyCali
Yeah I update online regularly.
37 posted on 06/17/2003 8:49:12 PM PDT by rwfromkansas ("There is dust enough on some of your Bibles to write 'damnation' with your fingers." C.H. Spurgeon)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I heard this one is good:

http://swatit.org/download.html
38 posted on 06/17/2003 8:49:29 PM PDT by rwfromkansas ("There is dust enough on some of your Bibles to write 'damnation' with your fingers." C.H. Spurgeon)
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To: Nexus
I never wear one so my computer is safe.
39 posted on 06/17/2003 8:52:31 PM PDT by U S Army EOD (Served in Vietnam and Korea and still fighting America's enemies on the home front)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Perhaps. But it is interesting when it peaks just prior to a major new something.
40 posted on 06/17/2003 9:01:01 PM PDT by Quix
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