![]() ![]() NET Framework Assistant” (this bogus add-on does not appear to be the same thing as this add-on by the same name). ![]() On infected systems with Mozilla Firefox installed, the bot code installs a browser plugin called “Microsoft. The malicious code comes from sources referenced in this Malwr writeup and this Virustotal entry (please don’t go looking for this malware unless you really know what you’re doing). According to the botnet’s administrative panel, more than 12,500 PCs have been infected, and these bots in turn have helped to discover at least 1,800 Web pages that are vulnerable to SQL injection attacks. Rather, the purpose of this botnet seems to be using the compromised Windows desktops as a distributed scanning platform for finding exploitable Web sites. ![]() Attackers can use this access to booby-trap sites with drive-by malware attacks, or force sites to cough up information stored in their databases.Īlthough this malware does include a component designed to steal passwords and other sensitive information from infected machines, this feature does not appear to have been activated on the infected hosts. SQL injection attacks take advantage of weak server configurations to inject malicious code into the database behind the public-facing Web server. The malware looks for vulnerabilities in Web sites visited by the victim. ![]() 01:01:57 PM.The “Advanced Power” botnet installs itself as a legitimate Firefox extension. (I've got to assume I've tried an actual download from there before using Net Transport, but can't check at least till this evening.)Ĭode: Select all 01:01:57 PM.343 Connecting to :80 Now if you configured your own, & a UA parameter was available, I suppose that should work. Net Transport does have other UA's it can use, no "Firefox", much less any that agree with mine. (Saving directly though the browser downloads ShowTx.exe as expected.) Yet I am: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1 rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20110608 Firefox/4.0.1 SeaMonkey/2.1Īnd instead of getting the expected file, I get an html file if I use Net Transport. Net Transport uses this User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible MSIE 6.0 Windows NT 5.0. Code: Select all 12:23:28 PM.046 Connecting to :80 ![]()
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