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  • Security Experts Name Mysterious Trojan: Stumbler

    06/20/2003 11:28:19 PM PDT · by FairOpinion · 32 replies · 266+ views
    InternetWeek.com ^ | June 20, 2003 | Techweb News
    The mysterious trojan horse that's been making security experts scratch their heads now has a name as more details of the oddball malware were made available. The trojan horse that has been causing confusion and concern among security researchers for over a month now has been dubbed 'Stumbler' by experts at Internet Security Systems (ISS). As reported earlier, Stumbler embeds itself in Unix systems and seems to be part of a concerted effort to map Internet-connected networks using port scanning techniques. A copy of the trojan was finally captured Wednesday, and investigation of its code began Thursday. After additional analysis,...