A new version of SubSeven, a powerful and well-known backdoor program that gives attackers almost complete control over a victim's computer, is making the rounds on the Internet. And taking a cue from legitimate software vendors, SubSeven's creator plans to release . . .
A new version of SubSeven, a powerful and well-known backdoor program that gives attackers almost complete control over a victim's computer, is making the rounds on the Internet. And taking a cue from legitimate software vendors, SubSeven's creator plans to release an SDK soon that will have a modular architecture, making it all the more difficult for intrusion-detection and anti-virus companies to stop.

Version 2.2 of the software adds several new "features," including support for proxies, the ability to listen on any random port, a GUI-based packet sniffer and the ability to relay information about compromised machines to Web sites via CGI (common gateway interface), according to an alert released by Internet Security Services Inc.

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