Security Now 2
Episode 002 |
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| Hosts: Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson Topic: " HoneyMonkeys " Published: August 25, 2005 Duration: 00:25:03 |
Contents
Security Now: 002
News & Errata
- This episode was recorded using Google Talk[1]
Topic
- Strider HoneyMonkey Exploit Detection System[2]
- A Honeypot is a computer set on the internet to be attacked by hackers to find exploits
- A HoneyMonkey is a computer that mimics users and surfs to websites that are malicious to get infected
- A common source of websites to tests are hosts files that are published online and links in phishing emails
- Microsoft found in just one moth, 752 URL's that try to infect Windows XP machines using Internet Explorer
- They even found one exploit that would infect an up to date Windows XP machine with all patches applied
- Most of the exploited URL's are pornography sites
- A user does not have to download anything, or click on anything to get infected, just going to the site can infect a computer
- Microsoft removed the malicious links they found from MSN search
- Infecting computers has become a business model now
Notable Quotes
- Leo: By the way, ladies and gentlemen, this may be the only podcast where you ever hear the phrase, "spoof the IP of the HoneyMonkey."
External Links
- Show transcripts[3]
- Steve's shownotes [4]
- Download this episode[[5]]
- Download 16kb version of this episoden [6]
Production Information
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