-Caveat Lector- Mike Elgan's Win Letter 45 - Friday, July 2, 1999 http://www.winmag.com/people/melgan/winletter/45.htm excerpt: Back Orifice (B.O.) - it's baaak! I announced in Win Letter 17 that a malicious Trojan-horse virus called Back Orifice was on the loose. Back Orifice (B.O.) gives hackers unauthorized access to the desktops of victims' Win95 and Win98 PCs that are connected to the Internet. Well, don't look now, but it's baaak! The "Cult of the Dead Cow," which makes B.O., says it will release its new Back Orifice 2000 on July 9. The new, improved version of the virus enables hackers to write plug-ins. And, unlike its predecessor, B.O. 2000 works on Windows NT in addition to Windows. To protect yourself, make sure you're running a good anti-virus program and updating it regularly. You're going to hear a lot about this new virus, but remember: You heard it here first. Eventually, it's likely that Microsoft will post a security bulletin on this site. When they do, they'll post it here: http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/current.asp Cool Trivia Answer A Russian hacker recently cracked a U.S. government computer system and rerouted a print job to Russia before re-rerouting it back to the printer. Last week's question was "Which government agency was hacked"? Answer: The U.S. Space and Naval Systems Warfare Center (Spa War) in San Diego, Calif. The print-job hijack was discovered by Ron Broersma, a Spa War network operations engineer. Broersma noticed that a print job took too long, so he used monitoring tools to make the discovery. No one knows how many print jobs were read or what people or agencies in Russia received them. . DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
