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BIND Exploit: Trojan Attack Against Network Associates Discussion Board

Feb 03, 2001 •

Anthony Pell

1 min read

Topics Covered

security advisory exploit malware attack BIND network associates discuss board

A popular Web discussion board in which the subject is computer security became the unwitting host of an attack program directed at security consultant firm Network Associates Wednesday night. A cracker posted to the Bugtraq board what he said was a . . . A popular Web discussion board in which the subject is computer security became the unwitting host of an attack program directed at security consultant firm Network Associates Wednesday night. A cracker posted to the Bugtraq board what he said was a script -- computer code that would allow people to take advantage of a recently discovered hole in BIND, the software that pushes information across the Internet.

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