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RPC DCOM Cleanup Worm Appears
UnderAttack writes "This morning, the SANS Internet Storm Center posted a note about an increase in ICMP traffic, including a quick initial analysis. As it turns out, yet another worm, this time the W32/Nachi.worm, is going around taking advantage of the RPC DCOM vulnerability. The twist this time: the worm will actually clean up machines. It tries to download the correct patches from Windows Update and remove the Blaster worm."
First post!
Will code a sig generator for food
Alas, it is my solemn duty on this day to pronounce for all to see your miserable failure. You see, you have claimed a p1st which you could not achieve.
Whether due to a dereliction of your duty or simple incompetence, you shame all of us who strive for that perfect fr0sty. Yea, verily, the indignity of your failure shall reflect evermore upon your character. You are no longer welcome in polite society.
Therefore, it is with the authority granted me by His Majesty in accordance with the blessing of both houses of His noble legislature that I issue this proclamation:
Henceforth, be it known that YUO == TEH FAILURE.
The ends do not justify the means. Worms are bad, and vigilantism rarely achieves long-lasting good. (Case in point: What good did Bernhard Goetz achieve by his shootings?)
If you support the actions by the author of this worm to rid the computers of the illegal blaster worm, then I claim you cannot deny RIAA the ability to raid the same computers to rid them of illegal music downloads. They're both examples of non-authority actions to rid computers of a perceived wrong.
Soviet Russia, that is.