RE: Upload of "pipes.scr" attempted to NetBus "honeypot"

From: Hugo van der Kooij (hvdkooijat_private)
Date: Tue Jun 05 2001 - 14:44:03 PDT

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    On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, Talley, Brooks wrote:
    
    > pipes.scr is the 3d pipes screensaver on windows NT/2000.  It's a very
    > commonly used screensaver, so my guess is that whatever is doing the
    > uploading, it's sending a trojaned version of the pipes screensaver.
    > Perhaps that screensaver itself is what's doing the scanning and
    > attempted uploads.
    >
    > It would be handy if you could extend your netbus simulator to accept
    > the upload and capture the presumably trojaned pipes.scr.
    
    It's not a new issue AFAIK. I found a link dating back in January
    (http://archives.linuxbe.org/arch055/0059.html)
    
    Hugo.
    
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