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Re: MSNBC raising awareness on RAT's


From: Ken Pfeil <Ken () infosec101 org>
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 07:49:53 -0500

This has been going on for a *long* time. At least 8 or so years that
I'm aware of. Still, it's nice to see MSNBC catching on to a story
originally done for Dateline NBC 6 years ago.

http://www.g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/15349/TechTV_Gives_Dateline_NBC_Helping_Hand.html

Roland Dobbins wrote:

We've been seeing this for a while - definitely agree with your 
assessment.


On Nov 2, 2005, at 9:03 PM, Fergie wrote:

...or simply fear-mongering. :-)

Personally, I prefer to think it is the former, and not the latter.
I've seen remote-access trojans increasing at an alarming rate.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9898957/

- ferg


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"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
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 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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