Hackers Control Trojan Worm Via P2P
Just when you thought you’d seen everything P2P is useful for. A recently discovered Internet worm, “Nugache-A” is spreading widely via AIM as ell as MSN Messenger.
In and of themselves, new internet worms pop up too frequently to be news anymore. What is significant about this worm is the way in which it can be remotely controlled, via P2P.
The command and control channel technique used by the worm is exceptionally different. The worm connects to infected peers, the bots then talk to each other via port 8/TCP over an encrypted P2P channel.
Using peer to peer technology in botnets such as this isn’t entirely new, but the quality of such uses appears to be improving. Fifty bucks for anyone who can figure out how to attach P2P to something both sinister and new.
