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Investigating Stumbler Malware and Its Effect on Network Traffic

Calendar Jun 20, 2003 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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cyber threats malware security research network traffic network performance IP traffic
Security experts finally have a handle on mystery malware that was generating loads of suspicious IP traffic over the last few weeks. Researchers at Internet Security Systems Inc. say the culprit, which was first thought to be a new breed . . . Security experts finally have a handle on mystery malware that was generating loads of suspicious IP traffic over the last few weeks. Researchers at Internet Security Systems Inc. say the culprit, which was first thought to be a new breed of Trojan, is actually a distributed network mapping tool that also acts as a listening agent. Dubbed Stumbler, the agent is not considered malicious right now because it contains no payload, but it has the potential to generate enough IP traffic to hamper network performance. What has experts most concerned is the ease with which Stumber could be reprogrammed to make it more damaging.

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