http://mcwresearch.com/archives/460 Things I think I've thought about Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:45:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://mcwresearch.com/archives/460/comment-page-1#comment-1237 LonerVamp Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:40:41 +0000 http://mcwresearch.com/archives/460#comment-1237 It is amusing and somewhat frustrating how journalistic places are dubbing new terms for things. Perhaps it's me and I'm getting old! :) (I still refuse to use "evil twin" and instead use "rogue APs..."). I also like wormbot better, but either way it really makes me think of an RPG game monster to attack! It is amusing and somewhat frustrating how journalistic places are dubbing new terms for things. Perhaps it’s me and I’m getting old! (I still refuse to use “evil twin” and instead use “rogue APs…”). I also like wormbot better, but either way it really makes me think of an RPG game monster to attack!

]]> http://mcwresearch.com/archives/460/comment-page-1#comment-1236 www.andrewhay.ca » Suggested Blog Reading - Thursday April 19th, 2007 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:53:22 +0000 http://mcwresearch.com/archives/460#comment-1236 [...] Is it a bot or a worm? Neither, its a BOTWORM! This is the first I’ve heard someone mash bot and worm together and dub it ‘botworm.’ Computerworld.com dubbed the latest variant of Rinbot a botworm because a worm propagates a bot payload. Nothing new here except (I think) the term botworm. See Andrew Hay and Daniel Cid's tutorial on Enterprise Log Analysis with Q1 Labs QRadar and OSSEC at the iTrust and PST Conferences on Privacy, Trust Management and Security in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Email andrewsmhay [at] gmail.com for more information. [...] [...] Is it a bot or a worm? Neither, its a BOTWORM! This is the first I’ve heard someone mash bot and worm together and dub it ‘botworm.’ Computerworld.com dubbed the latest variant of Rinbot a botworm because a worm propagates a bot payload. Nothing new here except (I think) the term botworm. See Andrew Hay and Daniel Cid’s tutorial on Enterprise Log Analysis with Q1 Labs QRadar and OSSEC at the iTrust and PST Conferences on Privacy, Trust Management and Security in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Email andrewsmhay [at] gmail.com for more information. [...]

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