Viruses, Trojan Horses, and Worms
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1 Viruses, Trojan Horses, and Worms What are they? How do they spread? What can be done about them? Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
2 Worms in Science Fiction Let me put it another way. You have a computer with an auto-dial phone link. You put the VIRUS program into it and it starts dialing phone numbers at random until it connects to another computer with an auto-dial. The VIRUS program then injects itself into the new computer. Or rather, it reprograms the new computer with a VIRUS program of its own and erases itself from the first computer. The second machine then begins to dial phone numbers at random until it connects with a third machine.... It s fun to think about, but it was hell to get out of the system. The guy who wrote it had a few little extra goodies tacked onto it well, I won t go into any detail. I ll just tell you that he also wrote a second program, only this one would cost you it was called VACCINE. When Harlie Was One, David Gerrold, 1972 Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
3 Viruses Infected program (or floppy) When program is executed, it performs its normal function It also infects some other programs It may carry an extra payload that performs other functions Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
4 Worms Similar to viruses, but they spread between machines Some are fully automatic; some require manual intervention to spread Some exploit bugs; others use social engineering Name from John Brunner s The Shockwave Rider, 1975 Worms are covered in more detail in 4180 Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
5 Trojan Horse Program pretends to be useful, but does something else as well Generally spread by come and get it Name from the Odyssey, the Aeneid, and other ancient myths, some from about 2700 years old... Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
6 Malware From French (or Latin) mal: bad Refers generically to any malicious software Etymological note: malicious has the same same prefix... Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
7 Academic History Informal, midnight experimentation with related concepts First formal worm built at Xerox PARC (published 1982) For distributed computation They still had a run-away Viruses formally described in the academic literature in 1984 But the first one in the wild was in 1982! Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
8 History of Viruses Major plague in the PC world, back in MS-DOS days (More energy these days for worms) Many different types of viruses Different types of viruses spread in different ways Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
9 Executable Program Viruses Part of an ordinary executable Add itself to one end, saves the old code, inserts a branch to it Sometimes hidden in unused part of file avoid changing file length Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
10 Boot Sector Viruses Modified boot sector of hard drive and floppies The boot sector is the part of the disk read in to memory and executed when you boot from that disk Generally spread via floppies in MS-DOS days, you rebooted frequently, and frequently had a floppy in the drive You probably didn t want to boot from that floppy, but it tended to happen a lot by accident Largely extinct now. (Why?) Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
11 Macro Viruses Viruses can be written in any sufficiently-powerful language Microsoft Word has a powerful macro language... Word documents (also Powerpoint presentations and Excel spreadsheets) can thus spread viruses They usually infect normal.dot, the default template file that is read in by most documents They thus infect virtually all new Word documents you create Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
12 The First Virus: Elk Cloner Written by a 15-year-old for the Apple II in 1982 Boot sector virus Annoyed the victim every 50th reboot Infected most of his friends computers Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
13 Virus-Spreading Patterns Boot-sector viruses spread in affinity groups floppies were a normal means of communication before networks Program viruses spread by people sharing software often improper or illegal Word macro viruses spread by ordinary business behavior! Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
14 Writing Viruses Scanner to find new places to infect Replicator: copy virus text to new place Payload (optional) Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
15 Are Viruses Harmful? Some people ignore viruses The anti-virus program stops me from opening files; the virus doesn t hurt me But what about the payload? Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
16 Payloads You can tap into any computer you want, raid it for any information you want, and do it all without any possibility of being detected. Or, you could set the VIRUS program to alter information in another computer, falsify it according to your direction, or just scramble it at random... When Harlie Was One, David Gerrold, 1972 Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
17 Virus Payloads Found in the Wild Corrupt files Delete files Change BIOS settings, thus requiring hardware fixes Erase flash BIOS Steal information Hide Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
18 Rootkits Mechanisms by which malware hides Block the ps command, netstat, etc. Subvert ls so it doesn t show up on disk Analogous mechanisms in the Windows world Used after malware has penetrated the system Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
19 Anti-Virus Software There is no way to recognize all possible viruses There can t be; it runs afoul of the halting problem Anti-virus programs look for patterns of known viruses Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
20 Virus Defenses Encrypted viruses: most of the text is encrypted Polymorphic viruses: uses variant byte patterns to foil detectors. Sometimes combined with encryption using various algorithms and/or keys Defense: A-V programs simulate the execution and watch for certain known behavior patterns Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
21 A Unix Virus Tom Duff wrote a Unix virus In fact, he wrote a shell version as well See the reading No system is immune Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
22 Viruses and File Protection The lack of file protection makes virus-spreading easer That said, its presence limits viruses to one user s files (but that can be enough... ) Viruses can, of course, override DAC permissions MAC can stop viruses if and only if the user can t overwrite his own executables That s rarely a good solution... Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
23 An Attempt at a LaTeX Virus \documentclass{article} \begin{document} Foo \immediate\openout 3 infectedfile.exe \immediate\write 3{infection} bar \end{document} It doesn t quite work the program can t open files in other directories... Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
24 Trojan Horses Many types of Trojans! Back doors Keystroke loggers steal passwords Web clickers run up advertising costs Proxies allow others to use your machine to launder connections Spam engines DDoS engines Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
25 Come and Get It Many Trojans are inadvertently installed by the user Users are lured to useful software Recent trend: bury Trojan horse in purported hacking tool... Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
26 PDF Javascript can be amazingly dangerous Most browser security holes involve Javascript PDF files can now contain Javascript... Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
27 Javascript Scanners Javascript can connect to other sites This means it can be used to do port scans Any web site you go to can use your machine this way... Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
28 EULA Attacks If you agree to a Trojan being installed, is it legal? Is it legal if the license agreement is deliberately confusing? How carefully do you read license agreements? Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
29 Peer-to-Peer and Trojans A lot of peer-to-peer software includes third-party adware Do you know what that software really does? There s also DRM software Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
30 From the Kazaa License 9.1 During the process of installing Kazaa, you must install software from third party software vendors SHARMAN MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS... CONCERNING THE... SAFETY... OF THE THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE There are inherent dangers in the use of any software available for downloading on the Internet, and Sharman cautions you to make sure that you completely understand the potential risks before agreeing to install any of the Third Party Software you expressly agree that you accept the Embedded Third Party Software and... you will not take any action... to disable, remove, block... the Embedded Third Party Software. Does this software qualify as Trojan Horse software? Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
31 The Sony DRM Fiasco When you play certain Sony music CDs on your computer, a DRM package is installed A rootkit is installed to protect the DRM software (A rootkit hides the existence of other files) The software also phones home every time you play the CD The EULA is at best vague References: /10/31/ sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights-management-gone-too-far. aspx Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
32 2005/11/04/ more-on-sony-dangerous-decloaking-patch-eulas-and-phoning aspx now-legalese-rootkit-sony-bmgs-eula
33 Ken Thompson s C Compiler Hack Write a self-reproducing code fragment Modify the C compiler to detect that it s compiling login, and if so to insert a back door Modify the C compiler to detect that it s compiling itself, and if so to insert both the login back door and the C compiler modifications Delete the source of the the trap The back door persists in the executable! Rumor has it that this version was shipped to NSA. This rumor has been denied by Ken... Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
34 A Delierate Back Door Eric Allman, the author of sendmail, wanted continued development access on a production system The system manager wouldn t let him He installed a password-protected back door in the next release Due to a bug, this back door was generally unprotected It was (ab)used by the Morris Worm of 1988 Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
35 Disabling a Printer Circa 1991, Postscript printers were generally connected via serial lines It was possible to change the baud rate via Postscript instructions It was also possible to change the root password Now print a document from an untrustworthy source... Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
36 Source Repositories Hackers have often gone after popular source code repositories They then plant Trojan horses (generally back doors) in popular packages Old example: This form of attack continues but we don t think anything was changed when the main GNU repository was hit: Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
37 What to Do? As noted, access controls don t stop viruses very well Worms are even worse, since they exploit bugs or human behavior We need containment mechanisms available to ordinary users As noted, that s an as yet unsolved problem Until we do solve it, the virus problem won t go away Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
38 Readings Lots of reading for this class Most is fairly easy For a very detailed description of the Morris Worm, see http: // Steven M. Bellovin November 8,
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