Re: Anyone know more about this?

[matt () INTERADTECHNOLOGY COM (Matt Jacobi)]

It is sub7 under a different name.

http://www.netsec.net/advisory.html

But they are hyping it up as a big collective of hacker armies, more then
likely it is single hackers operating independentaly.
I find it pretty funny how they found out about the trojan themselves, they
claim to have one of their workstations infected.  So, as a security firm, are
they opening attachments or clicking on stuff that good security people
shouldn't?

Matthew Jacobi

Brett Glass wrote:

> A company called NETSEC is apparently dropping vague hints that a Trojan
> Horse or worm is being deployed with a DoS zombie program as its payload.
> I've seen no infornation about such activity on Bugtraq or any other such
> list, indicating that the company may be trying to grandstand and/or stage
> a publicity stunt rather than engaging in full disclosure.
>
> If an attack really has been planned, this failure to disclose could come
> at the expense of sysadmins who would resolve the problem before it
> manifests itself.
>
> Anyone have specifics on this? See
>
> http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/ap/docs/79855l.htm
>
> --Brett