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Trojans and Backdoors

Submitted by Srikanth on Friday, 7 November 20082 Comments

A Trojan horse is an unauthorized program contained within a legitimate program. This unauthorized program performs functions unknown (and probably unwanted) by the user.

  • It is a legitimate program that has been altered by the placement of unauthorized code within it; this code performs functions unknown (and probably unwanted) by the user.
  • Any program that appears to perform a desirable and necessary function but that (because of unauthorized code within it that is unknown to the user) performs functions unknown (and definitely unwanted) by the user.

Working of Trojans

 

  • Attacker gets access to the trojaned system as the system goes online
  • By way of the access provided by the trojan attacker can stage attacks of different types.

Various Trojan Types

  • Remote Access Trojans
  • Password Sending Trojans
  • Keyloggers
  • Destructive
  • Denial Of Service (DoS) Attack Trojans
  • Proxy/Wingate Trojans
  • FTP Trojans
  • Software Detection Killers

Modes of Transmission

  • Attachments
  • Physical Access
  • Browser And E-mail Software Bugs
  • NetBIOS (File Sharing)
  • Fake Programs
  • Un-trusted Sites And Freeware Software

Backdoor Countermeasures

  • Most commercial ant-virus products can automatically scan and detect backdoor programs before they can cause damage (Eg. before accessing a floppy, running exe or downloading mail)
  • An inexpensive tool called Cleaner (http://www.moosoft.com/cleanet.html) can identify and eradicate 1000 types of backdoor programs and trojans.
  • Educate your users not to install applications downloaded from the internet and e-mail attachments.

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  2. Denial Of Service Attack


2 Comments »

  • uthman said:

    Ya u told that what is trogen horse but please also tell how to make it

  • me said:

    look, hm,
    1. idk how to make it
    2. how to set it on some page so I shock somebody
    3. how to send it to some person … (by msn..if it can be sended lik dat )
    ..
    4. THS SUX man..

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