Venik

Venik is a software backdoor capable of getting remote control of computers over networks (internet, local networks, ...) even if they are protected by network security equipments like firewalls.
Venik runs on Linux and Microsoft Windows and uses a covert channel technique. More precisely, hidden data are transported through ICMP messages :
* IPv4 time to live field
* IPv4 Header Length (IHL) field
Controlled computers (targets or victims) send ICMP Echo Request messages to attacker and attacker replies using ICMP Echo Reply messages.
Venik is a simple bourne shell (for Linux) or batch file (for Windows) using only the ping command provided by the target operating system and does not require administrator privileges or other external tools to be executed.
Features
Venik features include:
* Remote control of computers.
Typical uses of Venik:
* Remote administration.
* Maintaning remote unauthorized access to computer systems.
Ethical issues and legality
Like most tools used in computer security, Venik can be used for black hat hacking. It would typically be used to maintain remote unauthorized access to computer systems over networks.

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