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June 20th, 2003, 08:20 PM
Meet Stumbler: Next Gen port scanning malware
By John Leyden
Posted: 20/06/2003 at 11:20 GMT
Security experts are tracking the spread of a mysterious piece of malware which has been linked to an upsurge in distributed port scanning on the Internet.
Little is known about the malware - dubbed 55808 because of its Windows size, or Stumbler - other than that it appears to be a client capable of scanning and receiving network mapping data from other similar clients distributed across the Internet. The code is filed with errors which make it incapable of propagating automatically, according to ISS. However the security tools firm warns that further development of Stumbler to lead to the creation of potent denial of service attacks tools.
Meet Stumbler (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/31341.html)
By John Leyden
Posted: 20/06/2003 at 11:20 GMT
Security experts are tracking the spread of a mysterious piece of malware which has been linked to an upsurge in distributed port scanning on the Internet.
Little is known about the malware - dubbed 55808 because of its Windows size, or Stumbler - other than that it appears to be a client capable of scanning and receiving network mapping data from other similar clients distributed across the Internet. The code is filed with errors which make it incapable of propagating automatically, according to ISS. However the security tools firm warns that further development of Stumbler to lead to the creation of potent denial of service attacks tools.
Meet Stumbler (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/31341.html)