Hacker Group to Release OpenSSH Exploit and Worm: "Give us 48 Hours"

Jul 21, 2009

After rumors of an OpenSSH exploit vulnerability got out, an anonymous hacker group intends to release the exploit code and an accompanying worm "within 48 hours."

A hacker group calling itself the Anti-Sec Movement wants two days to "publicly unveil working exploit code" for an OpeSSH vulnerability. The threat came July 20 as a message on the Full-disclosure mailing list.

Apart from rumors, the lack of conclusive evidence of the OpenSSH vulnerability has meant that most experts see the threat as somewhat hollow. OpenSSH is by far the most widely used remote access software. However, most configurations disable SSH access by default or protect it by a firewall.

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  • NSA/CIA HACKER JOKE ON LINUX

    NSA/CIA HACKER JOKE ON LINUX

    THIS IS A CLASSIC NSA/CIA HACKER JOKE ON LINUX. IT'S TIMED PERFECTLY WITH THE TV NEWS HEADLINES AND WASHINGTON WHORE MEDIA.

    THE "ANTI SEC MOVEMENT" IS A NSA/CIA FRONT, JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER PSYOPS THEY FEED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DAILY.

    WE'RE WINNING THE WARS. WE NEED MORE GOVERNMENT. WE NEED MORE MORE GOVERNMENT. THE "ANTI SEC MOVEMENT" IS A FAKE NSA/CIA HACKER FRONT.

  • Comment form fixed

    Hey freejack,

    thanks for the info. The comment form is now fixed and will keep the data entered in case of a incorrect captcha.

  • please do more research before publishing "news"

    The whole philosophy of anti-sec is to not release exploits. They are destroying (or attempting to) anyone who publicly releases info about vulns.

    anyone can create a gmail account. this is not anti-sec.

    ps - this site wipes *ALL* the fields entered if something is wrong with the submission.. like an incorrect captcha...

  • lee7 haX0r

    Run away! Run away!

  • Fake

    No they don't. That message wasn't posted by anti-sec. Please do more research.
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