NBName is a computer program that can be used to carry out denial of service attack s that can disable NetBIOS services on Microsoft Windows Windows machines. It was written by Sir Dystic of Cult of the Dead Cow CULT OF THE DEAD COW cDc and released July 29, 2000 at the DEF CON 8 convention in Las Vegas Valley Las Vegas . ref Sir Dystic. http www.cultdeadcow.com tools nbname.html The NetBIOS Name Service . August 2000. Retrieved August 14, 2005. ref The program decodes and provides the user with all NetBIOS name packets it receives on User Datagram Protocol UDP TCP and UDP port port 137. Its many command line interface command line options can effectively disable a NetBIOS network and prevent computers from rejoining it. According to Sir Dystic, NBName can disable entire LANs and prevent machines from rejoining them...nodes on a NetBIOS network infected by the tool will think that their names already are being used by other machines. It should be impossible for everyone to figure out what is going on, he added. ref Harrison, Ann. http www.computerworld.com securitytopics security story 0,10801,47868,00.html Warnings about security holes abound at Def Con . Computer World online edition, August 1, 2000. Retrieved August 14, 2005. ref References reflist External links http www.securityfocus.com tools 1670 NBName on Security Focus http www.microsoft.com technet security bulletin MS00 047.mspx Microsoft Security Bulletin Cult of the Dead Cow Category Malware Category Windows software Category Denial of service attacks Category Internet Protocol based network software Category Cult of the Dead Cow software malware stub ... more details
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