Alex Shipp of Message Labs email further comments on the SoBig.F
resurrection. Alex pointed out that their statistics show no overall increase in SoBig.F emails - instead, just normal fluctuation in the daily statistics. ---- It's been pointed out that while the trojan-loaded website EV1.NET has been shut down, in typical whack-a-mole fashion, a new one has already popped up at chwolter.com. If you happen to see any more of these pop up, it's probably worth mentioning them. ---- Ultr@VNC[1] is a VNC variation for administrating Windows based platforms remotely. It supports Windows logins and access rights - however, today Secure Network Operations released a new security escalation example (you have to already be logged into VNC) and Ultr@VNC has not been patched yet to fix the problem. A quick fix (via commenting out some lines and recompiling) was mentioned in the release on BugTraq. (Mentioned because I know a number of Windows admins who make use of some of the VNC variants for remote server configuration. Since it's unknown when the patch will be released at this time, ) [1] http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/ Handler On Duty, Davis Ray Sickmon, Jr Midnight Ryder Technologies (http://www.midnightryder.com) |
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