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Well, the Israelis are hitting back. They are encouraging people to download the "Patriot" tool to allow their PC to be used in DDoS attacks.
http://helpisraelwin.com/index.php?lang=eng
Article here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01...iot_cyberwars/
Don't download it despite the assurances............. it is the TR/Drop.Bckdr.9 Trojan. :rolleyes:
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Originally Posted by nihil
LOL
Sorry for my non intelligent non contributing reply Nihil. But when i read that i just had to LOL.
Me wonders what people with think of next :D
Funny article. Students taking advantage of brainwashing the sheep. You don't know the true purpose but install anyways. Wonder how many downloaded.
Well they claim 8,000, but from the site I visited I only saw about 4,000 hits on their hitcounter.
My AntiVir AV was not impressed with what I was doing :D I submitted the sample to Jotti and Virustotal. Out of 38 anti-malware products only:
AntiVir
F-Secure
Prevx1
SecureWeb-Gateway
Spotted it as something nasty.
I certainly wouldn't deliberately load a backdoor onto my system, even if I were a trusting sympathiser. If they can find it, who else might?
They could have used ajax and everyone's browsers to flood websites. That's how I would have done it.
Sure, but I don't know about you............I get the impression that these guys are more political activists than IT specialists?Quote:
They could have used ajax and everyone's browsers to flood websites. That's how I would have done it.
I just get a kind of "skiddie" feel about them.