FOSTER CITY, CALIF - August 2, 2005 - FaceTime
today warns the IMPact Index has jumped to 7. The increase is a
reflection of a half dozen new threats and includes a high risk
variant of the W32/Sdbot-AAH worm that is mutating and spreading
rapidly through IRC and the Windows platform. The W32/Sdbt-AAH
variant, which first appeared on the IRC networks earlier this
month, opens up a backdoor, and allows numerous security holes to
be exploited, including password stealing and the ability to
remotely upload code onto the compromised PC. The new W32/Sdbot-AAH
variant spreads via MSN Messenger by sending messages that includes
a link to all the contacts in the buddy list. Once a user clicks on
the embedded link, a self-extracting RAR (a compressed file format)
is downloaded to the computer and runs a standalone poker3.exe. To
learn more about the W32/Sdbot-AAH and other threats visit the
FaceTime IMPact Center at www.facetime.com/impactcenter. As part of
its security initiative, FaceTime offers remediation that will
enable full protection against new flaws from propagating and
causing serious network damage. FaceTime's Enterprise Edition
products provide detection and blocking for out of policy IM, P2P,
IRC and other real-time communications traffic on your network. For
a comprehensive list of IM and P2P threats and the latest threat
index visit the IMPact Center: http://www.facetime.com/impactcenter
FaceTime Security Initiatives
The FaceTime IM and P2P Activity (IMPact) Team is the only focused
and specialized intelligence and response organization addressing
the rapid proliferation of new IM and P2P threats and provides an
aggregate risk level of the day's threats, with the IMPact Index.
The IMPact Team is comprised of FaceTime's security experts working
from FaceTime's U.S. and India locations to monitor, analyze and
report on all malicious IM and P2P-related activity. The team
delivers documented countermeasures to the IT community at large to
instantly defend against the latest attacks.
FaceTime also offers a Vulnerability Assessment Survey and Test
(VAST), a free service that helps companies identify potential IM
and P2P threats in their enterprise. The assessment consists of
three conclusive steps including evaluation of existing IM and P2P
network policies, procedures and products; specialized testing for
real-time communications-based vulnerabilities; and a detailed
report with resolution recommendations. To sign up for a
vulnerability assessment, visit
http://www.facetime.com/vulnerability
About Actiance, Inc. (Formerly FaceTime Communications, Inc.)
FaceTime Communications became Actiance, Inc on January 11, 2011 following an agreement to
transfer the FaceTime trademark to Apple.
FaceTime Communications enables the safe and productive use of Unified Communications and Web 2.0,
including instant messaging, blogs and social networking. Ranked number one by IDC for five consecutive
years, FaceTime's award-winning solutions are used by more than 1,500 customers for the security,
management and compliance of real-time communications. FaceTime supports or has strategic partnerships
with all leading IM, unified communications providers and social networks including AOL, Google, Yahoo!,
Skype, Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
FaceTime is headquartered in Belmont, California. For more information visit
http://www.facetime.com or call 888-349-3223.
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