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Re: Cisco IOS Exploit Cover Up
- From: Stephen Fulton
- Date: Fri Jul 29 19:59:15 2005
Petri Helenius wrote:
Fortunately destructive worms don't usually get too wide distribution
because they don't survive long.
That assumes that the worm must "discover" exploitable hosts. What if
those hosts have already been identified through other means previously?
A nation, terrorist or criminal with the means could very well
compile a relatively accurate database and use such a worm to attack
specific targets, and those attacks need not be destructive/disruptive.
-- Stephen.
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