full-disclosure - Wifi worm?

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Date: Thu Sep 22 20:37:17 2005
From: toddtowles at brookshires.com (Todd Towles)
Subject: Wifi worm?

If this is true, I don't see how it would work well or be very
effective, but I can see that a person would make it just to prove a
point. Do you have any other information or links to this possible new
malware? 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: full-disclosure-bounces@...ts.grok.org.uk 
> [mailto:full-disclosure-bounces@...ts.grok.org.uk] On Behalf 
> Of Andrew A
> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 2:24 PM
> To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
> Subject: [Full-disclosure] Wifi worm?
> 
> Rumor on the internets: New worm that utilizes wifi as the 
> method of transmission. Only affects unpatched windows boxen, 
> those fully patched with latest security updates are not 
> vulnerable. After infection is sets the WiFi card to Ad-Hoc 
> mode with SSID aec_le and starts requesting DHCP leases, 
> penetrating unpatched machines in its wake.
> 
> I for one am lollin hard.
> 
> #bantown 4ever
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