RE: Sub7 Incidents

[leE <lee () nerds org uk>]

I would suspect it's the new "Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs" worm that
includes BackDoor-G..... otherwise known as the SubSeven trojan.

It seems to be doing the rounds at the moment, doing another infect look
at address book, mail on affair.

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w95.hybris.gen.html

For more info.

Thanks

  Lee



On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Andrew Jenks wrote:

> For supporting evidence, see the last New Yorker.  Author spends some
> time with some hackers and accidentally sets a virus loose on her
> machine.  Fun, fun...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Walker [mailto:securitystorm () hotmail com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 11:24 AM
> To: incidents () securityfocus org
> Subject: Sub7 Incidents
>
> At first I puzzled at what could be causing the mass outbreak.  There is
>
> talk about a S7 linux client and I fear the development of a linux
> server is 
> next.  Just what we all needed.  Anyway, the new movie Operation:
> Swordfish, 
> just came out.  I don't know if you remember what happened after Hackers
>
> came out.... but it is the whole media domino effect.  All these new
> people 
> online are saying "Hey let's go hack someone cuz it looks funny".  Just
> my 
> opinion.
>
> Stephen M. Walker [Founder/Development]
> Security Storm
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