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Linux Worm Creating "Attack Network"

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-excuse-for-a-bad-admin dept.

RomSteady writes "In what could be a case of the free pot calling the expensive kettle black, C|Net is reporting that a new Linux worm is "creating a rogue peer-to-peer network that has been used to attack other computers with a flood of data" and has already infected at least 3,500 servers. Seems it is true...the security of your web server depends on how effective you are at keeping up to date on patches, no matter if you are running Windows or Linux."

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  1. Re:D'uh. by Sivar · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    D'uh.
    Agreed. But insightful?
    "Duh" +5 insightful?

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