-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =============================================================================== >> CERT-NL, 01-Mar-2000 << >> All CERT-NL information has been moved to http://cert.surfnet.nl. Links << >> to CERT-NL information contained in this advisory are therefore outdated. << >> << >> CERT-NL also has stopped the CERT-CC-Mirror service. Due to this the << >> links to the CERT-CC mirror are obsolete. Visit the CERT-CC site for the << >> complete CERT-CC advisory texts: http://www.cert.org << =============================================================================== =============================================================================== Security Advisory CERT-NL =============================================================================== Author/Source : CERT-NL Don Stikvoort Index : S-93-02 Distribution : SURFnet constituency Page : 1 Classification: External Version: Final Subject : Macintosh "Hermes Optimizer 1.1" problem Date : 05-jan-93 =============================================================================== CERT-NL received information from Gene Spafford of FIRST about a possibly damaging version of a Macintosh Hypercard stack named "Hermes Optimizer 1.1" . Please distribute further and/or warn your users if needs be. In case you have any questions please address the party responsible for delivering the software. CERT-NL has no specific expertise in the area covered below. In critical situations however, CERT-NL can address the originator of the below message and ask for further guidance. in case you find a stack as mentioned below, please send us a copy, which we will pass on for further analysis. The original warning now follows. **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** The Problem: We have received an unconfirmed report of a nasty trojan horse Hypercard stack for Macintosh computers, or else a very buggy regular stack. The stack is named "Hermes Optimizer 1.1" and was allegedly distributed through the Olympus BBS, although by now it may have gone farther. According to the report, the "About" message shows the author as 70142,210 (CompuServe) and FARRADAY1 (AppleLink). It claims to reduce fragmentation in Hermes Shared files. However, according to the report, it actually renames all the files on the hard disk, then deletes them. This may be the a buggy program. It may be a malicious program. In either case, the Mac community has not yet had a chance to analyze a copy. What to do: Warn your users not to run this stack if they find it. If they do find it, have them provide you with a copy to either analyze and/or send on to me to have analyzed. Please do *not* call this a virus. It would also be unfair at this juncture to label it as malicious, either -- we have not yet analyzed it. At this point, it might be best to say that it has potentially damaging bugs (or similar). **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ============================================================================== CERT-NL is the Computer Emergency Response Team for SURFnet customers. SURFnet is the Dutch network for educational, research and related institutes. CERT-NL is a member of the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST). All CERT-NL material is available under: http://cert.surfnet.nl/ In case of computer or network security problems please contact your local CERT/security-team or CERT-NL (if your institute is NOT a SURFnet customer please address the appropriate (local) CERT/security-team). CERT-NL is one/two hour(s) ahead of UTC (GMT) in winter/summer, i.e. UTC+0100 in winter and UTC+0200 in summer (DST). Email: cert-nl@surfnet.nl ATTENDED REGULARLY ALL DAYS Phone: +31 302 305 305 BUSINESS HOURS ONLY Fax: +31 302 305 329 BUSINESS HOURS ONLY Snailmail: SURFnet bv Attn. CERT-NL P.O. Box 19035 NL - 3501 DA UTRECHT The Netherlands NOODGEVALLEN: 06 22 92 35 64 ALTIJD BEREIKBAAR EMERGENCIES : +31 6 22 92 35 64 ATTENDED AT ALL TIMES CERT-NL'S EMERGENCY PHONENUMBER IS ONLY TO BE USED IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES: THE SURFNET HELPDESK OPERATING THE EMERGENCY NUMBER HAS A *FIXED* PROCEDURE FOR DEALING WITH YOUR ALERT AND WILL IN REGULAR CASES RELAY IT TO CERT-NL IN AN APPROPRIATE MANNER. CERT-NL WILL THEN CONTACT YOU. =============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.1i iQA/AwUBOL6WADSYjBqwfc9jEQKnYgCfTNBDcHCz3dscVtHKXO2GJE74ce4An2SC r/Xoep2hYQVwylCCMKc/T1c6 =ByIY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----