"Camera/Shy" protection. (News and Products).NetIQ, have announced that two updates were made available on July 14, 2002 to help the IT community combat 'Camera/Shy," a hacking tool A hacking tool is a program designed to assist with hacking, or a legitimate utility that can also be used for hacking. Examples include Nmap, Nessus Remote Security Scanner, John the Ripper, SuperScan, p0f, and Winzapper[1]. released by Racktivismo, a small offshoot of the notorious hacker A person who writes programs in assembly language or in system-level languages, such as C. The term often refers to any programmer, but its true meaning is someone with a strong technical background who is "hacking away" at the bits and bytes. group, Cult of the Dead Cow CULT OF THE DEAD COW, also known as cDc or cDc Communications, is a computer hacker and DIY media organization founded in 1984 in Lubbock, Texas. The group maintains a weblog on its site, also titled "CULT OF THE DEAD COW". , on July 13, 2002. "Camera/Shy" permits the hiding and viewing of sensitive or incriminating in·crim·i·nate tr.v. in·crim·i·nat·ed, in·crim·i·nat·ing, in·crim·i·nates 1. To accuse of a crime or other wrongful act. 2. information inside an innocuous in·noc·u·ous adj. Having no adverse effect; harmless. innocuous (i·näˈ·kyōō· looking picture file and allows even extremely novice hackers to send either obscene Offensive to recognized standards of decency. The term obscene is applied to written, verbal, or visual works or conduct that treat sex in an objectionable or lewd or lascivious manner. or dangerous data without detection by existing security solutions. This could result in sensitive corporate and personal data being exposed to third parties. NetIQ has by issued two updates: a vulnerability signature update for Security Analyzer *, that allows IT administrators to detect the presence of 'Camera/Shy' on corporate servers and workstations and eliminate it; and a rule update for Security Manager * that allows IT administrators to automatically detect the launch of the "Camera/Shy" process, and terminate it in real-time. NetIQ Security Analyzer customers need to auto-synch to obtain the updated signature tests and Security Manager customers current on product maintenance may download the new rule on the NetIQ extended technical support site. Security Administrators may request a free 14-day trial of Security Analyzer and a free 30-day trial of Security Manager by going to www.netiq.com/products/saltrial.asp. For additional information on the hacker tool visit www.netiq.corn/support/sa/camerashy_info.asp |
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