full-disclosure - Re: pnp worm unknown variant

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Date: Wed Aug 17 09:02:11 2005
From: se_cur_ity at hotmail.com (Morning Wood)
Subject: Re: pnp worm unknown variant -
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> Aditya Deshmukh wrote:
> > suppose we have VNC installed and that is used to take control of the
> > computer and the actions show up as done by the user - would it not be
> > caught by law enforcement ?
>
>
> What about Metasploit, which will gladly inject a RAM-only WinVNC server
> and give complete remote control without "installing" WinVNC anywhere on
> the hard drive?
>
> If your Windows box gets owned by such a thing, and you end up accused
> of the crimes that the attacker committed while they were in control of
> your box, you can kiss your ass goodbye.

exactly 100% correct, not to mention this defense will destroy a prosecution
in front of a jury
of people that can think for themselves, and an expert witness to properly
diagram the attack vector / scenario.

bravo,
mw