Re: Possible First Crypto Virus Definitely Discovered!

[William Warren <hescominsoon () emmanuelcomputerconsulting com>]

this is highly shortsighted..well maybe not..if you do not have any 
users who do not use https...:)

Billy B. Bilano wrote:
> Steve,
>
> Sorry to say but it is not! I checked my incoming traffic again this morning
> and the attack on port 443 is still coming in full steam ahead! I don't know
> what's going on, but I am about to block that port on my firewall. Some
> nitwit (probably the idiot that was here before I became IT Director)
> somehow, for some reason, deliberately opened port 443 on the firewalls!
>
> I am beginning to think that this is the first wave of the new coming global
> crypto-storm!
>
> --------
> Mr. Billy B. Bilano, MSCE, CCNA
> <http://www.bilano.biz/>
> Expert Sysadmin Since 2003!
> 'C:\WINDOWS, C:\WINDOWS\GO, C:\PC\CRAWL'  -- RMS
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "-----, Steve" <----------------------->
> To: "Billy B. Bilano" <mr.bill.bilano () email server unix bill bilano biz>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 11:34 AM
> Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] Possible First Crypto Virus Definitely
> Discovered!
>
>
>
> > Please tell me this is just a really bad joke?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Billy B. Bilano
> > [mailto:mr.bill.bilano () email server unix bill bilano biz]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 10:53 AM
> > To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com
> > Subject: [Full-disclosure] Possible First Crypto Virus Definitely
> > Discovered!
> >
> > Salutations, amigos!
>
>
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