[Full-Disclosure] Possible First Crypto Virus Definitely Discovered!

William Warren hescominsoon at emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com
Tue Jun 8 19:11:22 BST 2004


this is highly shortsighted..well maybe not..if you do not have any 
users who do not use https...:)

Billy B. Bilano wrote:
> Steve,
> 
> Sorry to say but it is not! I checked my incoming traffic again this morning
> and the attack on port 443 is still coming in full steam ahead! I don't know
> what's going on, but I am about to block that port on my firewall. Some
> nitwit (probably the idiot that was here before I became IT Director)
> somehow, for some reason, deliberately opened port 443 on the firewalls!
> 
> I am beginning to think that this is the first wave of the new coming global
> crypto-storm!
> 
> --------
> Mr. Billy B. Bilano, MSCE, CCNA
> <http://www.bilano.biz/>
> Expert Sysadmin Since 2003!
> 'C:\WINDOWS, C:\WINDOWS\GO, C:\PC\CRAWL'  -- RMS
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "-----, Steve" <----------------------->
> To: "Billy B. Bilano" <mr.bill.bilano at email.server.unix.bill.bilano.biz>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 11:34 AM
> Subject: RE: [Full-Disclosure] Possible First Crypto Virus Definitely
> Discovered!
> 
> 
> 
>>Please tell me this is just a really bad joke?
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Billy B. Bilano
>>[mailto:mr.bill.bilano at email.server.unix.bill.bilano.biz]
>>Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 10:53 AM
>>To: full-disclosure at lists.netsys.com
>>Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Possible First Crypto Virus Definitely
>>Discovered!
>>
>>Salutations, amigos!
>>
> 
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