BVEW-----> On CNBC Powerlunch today... Cure for the Hackers!
Company yesterday morning released an overlooked PR regarding the recent attacks on popular websites. Expecting great exposure from CNBC, as WGRD and others have received.
Tuesday February 15, 3:25 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
BindView's Zombie Zapper First to Defend Against the Current Wave of
Cyber Crimes
RAZOR Team Offers Free Utility to Put Zombies Back to Sleep
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 15, 2000--RAZOR, BindView Corporation's (NASDAQ:BVEW - news) elite team of security gurus, today announced
it has made available a free computer program to instruct ''Zombies'' to go back to sleep thereby halting their cyber attacks. Zombies are software programs that
help route the recent denial of service attacks plaguing major e-commerce sites. Zombie Zapper® is a free, downloadable, open source utility that stops an attack in
process by putting the Zombie back to sleep. The executable program, source code, and an accompanying technical paper are available at razor.bindview.com.
Recent well-publicized denial of service attacks have wreaked havoc on popular web sites such as Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO - news), eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY -
news) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN - news). These attacks have highlighted the potential vulnerability of the Internet's infrastructure. In these type of denial of
service attacks, hackers are exploiting security holes in computer systems by planting ''sleeper'' software known as Zombies on hundreds and even potentially
thousands of unsuspecting computers. Then, on command from the hackers, all the Zombies ''wake up'' and cause their computers to flood a targeted Web site with
millions of messages, effectively blocking access to legitimate users. While investigations are underway to combat this new wave of hacker intrusions, Zombie Zapper
is the only solution available to stop these attacks in their tracks.
''The implications of this problem are huge and it is necessary for the Internet community to band together to create solutions to stop denial of service attacks,''
according to Richard L. Ptak, vice president in Systems and Applications Management with the Hurwitz Group, Framingham, MA. ''Serious security solution
vendors demonstrate their commitment to maintain leadership by quickly providing security solutions that are useful to all companies.''
Zombie Zapper stops denial of service attacks by spoofing the command that a hacker would send to the Zombie thereby stopping the attack. The utility sends the
command to the Trinoo, Tribal Flood Network and ''Stacheldraht'' Zombie software that hackers have used to launch such attacks. BindView has made free
versions of this open source utility available for immediate download and installation. By offering the program as open source code, BindView is allowing network
administrators, as well as the security community at large, to understand and modify the Zombie Zapper software.
''BindView's RAZOR team is committed to remaining on the cutting edge of security issues,'' according to Marc Camm, VP of Marketing at BindView. ''The
RAZOR team has worked around the clock and stayed in close contact with the hacker community throughout this situation. Quickly providing the Zombie Zapper
as open source code, confirms our commitment to assist the Internet community in managing the on-going risks associated with their enterprise and e-business
infrastructures.''
The RAZOR Team
The BindView security team was formed in 1998 and has been credited with identifying more than 80 network security vulnerabilities to the public. This group
closely monitors the activities of their ''black hat'' counterparts, offering insight into potential malicious hacks and what can be done to minimize their effects. The
team is comprised of the Internet industry's top security gurus and ''white hat'' hackers who play an integral role in working with companies to issue patches to these
dangerous network threats as they are identified.
About BindView Corporation
Founded in 1990, BindView is a leader in IT risk management solutions for controlling enterprise and e-Business infrastructures. BindView's award winning solutions
enable corporate IT professionals to effectively leverage their existing technologies to achieve their business goals. To control IT risks, more than 7 million licenses of
BindView's solutions have been shipped worldwide to approximately 5000 companies, including more than 75 of the Fortune 100 and 22 of the largest 25 U.S.
banks. Contact BindView via e-mail at info@bindview.com or visit BindView's World Wide Web Site at bindview.com. BindView can also be reached
at (800) 749-8439 or at (713) 561-4000.
Editors Note: BindView®, the BindView logo, and the BindView product names used in this document are trademarks of BindView Development Corporation,
which may be registered in one or more jurisdictions. The names of products of other companies mentioned in this document, if any, may be the registered or
unregistered trademarks of the owners of the products.
Safe Harbor Statement
Statements in this news release not based on historical fact are ''forward-looking'' statements pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results could differ materially because of factors such as, for example, the risks associated with competition within the network
management software industry, with rapid technological change, and with BindView's development of and the market's acceptance of new products. Other such
factors include the risk factors and other matters described from time to time in BindView's Form 10-K filings, Form 10-Q filings, and other periodic filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
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