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The Origin Of Sobig (And Its Next Phase)

Posted by timothy on from the 5-percent-is-plenty dept.

MrZeebo writes "According to this story at Canada.com, the FBI, along with other authorities, have traced the origin of the Sobig worm. The quick timeline: Apparently, an earlier version of the worm installed a backdoor on a home computer in British Columbia. The creator of the worm used this compromised computer to create a Usenet account with Easynews.com in Phoenix, using a stolen credit card. The worm spread from Usenet, and contained the IP addresses of 20 computers to contact on Friday, and to download an unknown program from those computers. Officials were able to take 19 of these computers offline before the mass-download. However, the 20th computer stayed online, and many copies of the worm were able to get the rogue program. Those that did were merely redirected to a porn site, no damage done. However, now infected computers will continue to try and connect to the other 19 every Friday and Sunday until the worm expires on Sept. 10th." Reader muldoonaz points out this brief Reuters story about the investigation, too.

16 of 500 comments (clear)

  1. Erkel Voice by phlyingpenguin · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Did I do thaaaaaaat?

  2. First post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    holy shit first post

  3. Linux by brokencomputer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Now if the computers hadn't been running windows and they would have crashed anyway and wouldnt have been able to execute it. Oh wait they were running windows. I guess windows(and any crashable OS) only crashes during important data writing.

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  4. Movie by msgmonkey · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The whole summary sounds like some Matricesque (sp?) movie with little plot twists thrown in there for good measure.

  5. PUTTING USA TO IT'S KNEES!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    As we have witnessed, ALL IT TAKES TO PUT USA TO IT'S KNEES is a couple of Boeing 747s. The whole nation can be put down on it's knees with them.

    And hitting some power station can shut NEW YORK. It is pretty clear that the terrorists will win. Their next attack will be devastating I predict. USA is SO FUCKING vulnerable!!! It's time to wake up to a reality!!!

    Perhaps some day one of these viruses will put USA to it's knees. The government runs Windows! Un-FUCKING-believable!

    1. Re:PUTTING USA TO IT'S KNEES!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yeah, you are right. What happend on 9/11 was sad, of course, but it really proved that USA is very vulnerable.

    2. Re:PUTTING USA TO IT'S KNEES!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I'm with you there buddy.

      WHY DID THEY HAD TO GO TO VIETNAM??? WHY??? Fucking shit... Just think about how many innocent people they killed in Vietnam.

  6. MOD DOWN!!!! FLAMEBAIT!!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mod down that moron!!! It's a flamebait!!!

    1. Re:MOD DOWN!!!! FLAMEBAIT!!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      The plural of virus is viruses not virii.

      When you say virii you just look like a fucktarded faggot who read to many hax0r d00d webpages.

      Virii doesn't make you look smart, it's not clever, it's fucktarded. Ok, fucktard.

  7. DON'T PUSH IT FUCKER!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    DON'T PUSH IT FUCKER!!! I will kill you if I meet you in person!

    1. Re:DON'T PUSH IT FUCKER!!! by dipipanone · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Heh. I love this. I can just imagine it. Two acne'd basement dwellers are waiting for an interview at the sign of the Golden Arches...

      AC1: Of course, this isn't my real job. I'm just waiting for a gig as a sys admin to come along.
      AC2: Hmm. I don't suppose you read Slashdot, do you?
      AC1: Why yes, from time to time.
      AC2: What account name do you post under?
      AC2: Oh, I don't bother logging in...
      AC1: Aieeeee! Die, motherfucker...

  8. LICK ON MY PENIX by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If by kill me you mean make me die, no I doubt it.

    But if by kill you you mean you will get on your knees and suxor on my penix until you get a warm salty mouthful of mancream then yes I suppose you will.

  9. Re:Viruses - fucktard by mutende · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ah, refreshing! :-)

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  10. I AM JUSTIN BURT AND I THINK AMERICA PLAIN SUCKS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I AM JUSTIN BURT and I think America plain SUCKS!

    That's why I wrote it. It just had to be said.

  11. On Ham radio vs the Internet by Gherald · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If Internet did not exist, or if I lived in a country w/o internet, then I would have a ham license.

    But as it stands, isn't ham radio kind of pointless?

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  12. A question comes to mind by kjj · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Why does a mosquito bite your ear? And who cares. The answer is simple, call an exterminator."

    In other words delete the damned thing and be done with it.