RE: Q328691 ?

["Byrne, David" <dbyrne () tiaa-cref org>]

There's a similar thread on the focus-ms list. My take is that a new and/or
stupid manager at Microsoft panicked. The article describes planting trojans
and changing security settings. This is so vague and so common in intrusions
that it could mean anything. They are probably seeing a number of systems
compromised by a single person/group/tool. Nothing in the article indicates
the intrusions were through a common vulnerability or configuration mistake.
What is their solution? "Fully-patched computers that follow security best
practices provide the best protection from hacking or other malicious
software." It reads like an NIPC alert. Vague threat, common symptoms and
obvious solutions.

David Byrne
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-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Blatz [mailto:sd_wireless () yahoo com] 
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 3:36 PM
To: Bronek Kozicki; incidents () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: Q328691 ?

There's been some dicussion at the link below. One
person says he's been aware of this for a number of
weeks, and that weak passwords may playing a part.

http://arstechnica.infopop.net/OpenTopic/page?a=tpc&s=50009562&f=12009443&m=
6340983235


--- Bronek Kozicki <brok () rubikon pl> wrote:
> There seems to be an increase of attacks on Windows
> recently:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q328691
> Any ideas?
>
>
> B.



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