Re: symbiot security - april fool's prank ?
From: Mark (securitylists_at_uniontown.com)
Date: 03/12/04
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 13:21:13 -0500 To: Chris Caydes <chris_caydes@yahoo.com>
Chris Caydes wrote:
>Hello everyone,
>
>I have just come across the website and last week's
>press release of a company named Symbiot Security.
>The idea of this "company" is to strike back against
>network-based attackers.
>
>I've seen the information relayed on several technews
>websites, and a (rather funny) discussion on /. about
>it. One suggested on /. that version 2 of the solution
>would "preemptively attack any remote hosts that could
>conceivably pose a threat".
>
>I've seen the similar concept of e-retaliation last
>year, on April 1st, 2003, but it was, of course, an
>april fool's joke.
>
>This looks pretty much like a prank too... Their
>website is at symbiot.com, and contains nothing more
>than 3 PDF files. Is anyone aware of what this really
>is ?
>
>Regards
>Chris
>
>
One of these seems to pop up every few years or so. Last one I can
actually recall was called Blitzkreig server?
http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/168
"The Blitzkrieg server, according to the trade magazine that originally
hyped it, was "a new virus that automatically launches a lethal counter
offensive against hackers... the digital equivalent of Star Wars
technology" capable of knocking out the computer on the other end of the
line by destroying its hardware /and/ software. "
Of course we all know the stupidity in counterstrikes and retaliation
with detected attacks, right? Let's see, I will spoof whitehouse.gov
and launch a scan....
:-)
-Mark C
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