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Bugbear did not need to happen!
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10-09-02
(Philadelphia & Conshohocken, PA)
Three days after its appearance, the Bugbear virus is still gaining momentum and has passed the venerable Klez virus as the most active in the past 24 hours. ... Bugbear takes advantage of a flaw in Internet Explorer that can force the browser to automatically open an executable attachment in some HTML e-mail messages ... In addition to logging keystrokes, the Trojan program searches for and tries to disable a number of common Windows processes. It also disables popular anti-virus and firewall software and opens a TCP port that listens for instructions from remote machines. ... modifications to an infected machine not only could give a remote attacker access to sensitive data such as passwords but could also enable him to control any number of compromised PCs..?
Dennis Fisher / eWeek
STAT Scanner has been detecting and patching this vulnerability since May 8, 2001 after a correction was released by Microsoft. Bugbear takes advantage of this vulnerability if it has not been patched.
Info Packagings Security Audit service uses the same STAT scanner as the Army and Department of Defence. We proactively address missing patches before they become exploited.
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