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RE: The MSBlast Conspiracy Theory
From: "Noble, Jim" <jnoble () info1team com>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 10:23:06 -0400
Lawsuits? Read your shrink wrap agreement, you own the liability of the software and any data that you create with it... Nice theory, but it doesn't hold water. That would be the same as saying that since the car you purchased wasn't made to filter sugar out of the gas tank, that an attack on the entire fuel storage in the world be the fault of the car manufacturer. - Arcturus... Network & Security Director CISSP, CCSE+, CNX =================================== CONFIDENTIALITY=================================== This E-mail is confidential. It should not be read, copied, disclosed or used by any person other than the intended recipient. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying by whatever medium is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this E-mail in error please contact the sender immediately and delete the E-mail from your system. =================================== CONFIDENTIALITY=================================== -----Original Message----- From: full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com [mailto:full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com] On Behalf Of Brad Pryce Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 6:32 AM To: Weezer Hutchins Cc: full-disclosure () lists netsys com Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] The MSBlast Conspiracy Theory Possible, but not likely. Brad Pryce Weezer Hutchins wrote:
This was such a benign implementation of the serious DCOM security risk, that my conspiracy theory is ... Microsoft had this worm released
on purpose in an attempt to get everyone to patch their machines before
a really threatening version was released. Imagine, what if ... ... this vulnerability was used to remove all the .doc, .xls, .ppt, etc. files off the drives, including network attached drives? (you know
how everyone keeps backups of all their files :)
... this vulnerability intentionally stole everybody's address books
and transferred them to some anonymous ftp server for later pickup (a
spammer's dream)?
... this vulnerability stole financial and personal data in the same
manner as above, and gets bank account numbers, credit card numbers, passwords, etc., from Quicken, Microsoft Money and other files (of
course, everybody password protects these files)?
... (insert your own extremely disastrous scenario here) Any of these would cause so much harm to Microsoft from the lawsuits and lost business, that they couldn't afford to let it remain out there, thus the conspiracy theory arises. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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Current thread:
- The MSBlast Conspiracy Theory Weezer Hutchins (Aug 14)
- Re: The MSBlast Conspiracy Theory Brad Pryce (Aug 15)
- Re: The MSBlast Conspiracy Theory Joey (Aug 15)
- Re: The MSBlast Conspiracy Theory Jeremiah Cornelius (Aug 15)
- Re: The MSBlast Conspiracy Theory Mike Vasquez (Aug 15)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: The MSBlast Conspiracy Theory Noble, Jim (Aug 15)
- RE: The MSBlast Conspiracy Theory Dark-Avenger (Aug 15)