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WormRadar Node Volunteers Help Graph Attacks

Posted by simoniker on from the wiggly-wiggly dept.

zoombat writes "NTBugtraq has a post looking for volunteers to run WormRadar nodes. The nodes are essentially honeypots that watch for suspicious activity. Its purpose is to both measure the frequency of known, current worms and to alert us all when something new becomes active. A graph (updated every 30 minutes) shows what was detected. Currently it looks like only a Windows client is available, though."

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  1. Lol. Understatement. by SatanicPuppy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why would you need a worm activity detecting program on a Windows box? If there's a lot of worm activity that is close enough that the windows box could monitor it, you'll know.

    It's like the canary in the mineshaft...Works fine for detecting hazards, but a little rough on the bird.

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    1. Re:Lol. Understatement. by laugau · · Score: 5, Funny

      The REASON there is only a windows client is because the windows client does this:

      while (not_infected) {
      send ("Woo Hoo! I'm alive still") ;
      }

      And the server does this:

      listen (client_port) {
      while (get_alive_messages) {
      writeGraph (noWorm);
      }
      ohShit(clientMachineGotWorm);
      }

      Not a very good solution if the clients never die now, is it?

    2. Re:Lol. Understatement. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      Wow, you're so funny. But I'd laugh harder if an onion fell on your head at an awkward moment...

  2. "Download WormRadar.exe now" by eddy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, that's going to happen.

    Someone run it through IDA? :-P

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  3. Worm Watching Clients for Windows Only? by PetoskeyGuy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pass, Too Easy.

  4. What a headline by alefbet · · Score: 4, Funny
    Wow, I think this is a serious contender for hardest headline ever to parse.

    WormRadar Node Volunteers Help Graph Attacks

    Did a node spontaneously provide some "help graph" attacks? Did node volunteers assist in attacking a graph or several graphs? Did the help given by volunteers end up graphing an attack? Or did it perform a little known "graph attack" on something?

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  5. Windows has free built-in worm watching by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just plug and play baby. You can do more than watch worms as well, you can experiance the worm. Take that, Linux.

  6. Excellent! by dj245 · · Score: 4, Funny
    "NTBugtraq has a post looking for volunteers to run WormRadar nodes.

    I volunteer enthusiastically. Wormradar will complement nicely my Gaydar, Chickdar, and of course, flamedar.

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  7. He said... what?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Win ME is a good platform, [...]

    I never thought I'd hear that.

    Guys, this is all a big hoax. Where's the hidden camera?

  8. Ya gotta wonder. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I suspect there'll be a report next week about the number of people willing to blindly download and install unknown software.

  9. You mean absolutely everybody who runs Windoze? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's a pretty big number. ;-)

  10. Well of course! by pavera · · Score: 3, Funny

    Currently it looks like only a Windows client is available, though. Why would you need to monitor worm activity on a Linux box?

  11. It works! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Wormsign to the northwest! Usul has called a big one. SUMMON THE FREMEN!