Security Incidents: Re: Q328691 ?

[Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>]

Jonathan Rickman <jonathan () xcorps net> to "H C":

> > Increase in attacks?  How so?
> >
> > My idea is this...the alert says absolutely nothing of
> > use.
> I can't help but wonder who these mystery victims are, other than the one
> mentioned in a writeup I read earlier. I suspect that the victims in this
> case may very well be MS corporate systems, otherwise one would think that
> we would have heard more about it in public forums.
If you can bear exposing yourself to it, look into some of the
microsoft.public.*virus* and microsoft.public.*win*security*
newsgroups and look for threads with "[m]irc" and/or "secedit" in
the Subject: lines.

Should give you a feeling for the "mystery victims".


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Nick FitzGerald
Computer Virus Consulting Ltd.
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