Re: On-going Internet Emergency and Domain Names

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb () cs columbia edu>]

On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:44:23 -0700
Jeff Shultz <jeffshultz () wvi com> wrote:

> So, is there a list of domains that we could null-route if we could
> convince our DNS managers to set us up as the SOA for those domains
> on our local DNS servers - thus protecting our own customers somewhat?
>
> I won't discount the assertion that there is some sort of emergency
> occurring. I would however, like to see a bit of a reference to where
> we can learn more about what is going on (I assume this is the
> javascript exploit I heard about a couple days ago).

No -- it's a 0day in Internet Explorer involving animated cursors --
and it can be spread by visiting an infected web site or even by email.

See 
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=141&tag=nl.e622
http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/?p=230
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=TROJ%5FANICMOO%2EAX&VSect=T

or see lots of news stories about it at
http://news.google.com/?ned=us&ncl=1114901719&hl=en

                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb