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Schneier on Attack Trends: More Complex Worms

Posted by timothy on from the malice-on-the-loose dept.

Gary W. Longsine writes "Bruce Schneier has posted an interesting entry on expected attack trends to his blog. Of particular interest is the increasing sophistication of automated worm-based attacks. He cites the developing W32.spybot.KEG worm -- once inside a network it scans for several vulnerabilities and reports its findings via IRC. Trend Micro also has information on a scanning-capable version of this worm, which they call: WORM_SPYBOT.ID"

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  1. Re:Modern viruses attack from 2 directions by Indy+Media+Watch · · Score: 5, Funny

    The first is stupid users.

    Sorry BOFH wannabe, they're not stupid users, they're just users.

    If they aren't doing what you would like, you obviously have a training deficiency which might be your fault, not theirs.

    How can you possibly secure a network against attacks if your users are constantly undermining your lockdown efforts?

    By undermining their efforts. And if they try to undermine your undermining of their undermining, simply undermine their undermining of your undermining of their undermining. It's really quite simple.

    --

    Indy Media Watch-Proctologist of the Internet

  2. Now if we could only... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Bruce Schneier has posted an interesting entry on expected attack trends to his blog."

    ...develop a worm that attacks trendy blogs.

  3. One day there'll be a worm so complex by salparadyse · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... that to all itents and purposes it looks like an Operating System. It will give the use a limited amount of funciontality in order to maintain it's cover. Secretly it will report back to its maker about what you do on your computer and... Oh, wait a minute...

  4. Re:Spybot by beetlefeet · · Score: 5, Funny

    Besides they make viruses?
    What do they care about infringing on a trademark?!

    Z3r0C001: Hey what do you think about the name "I Be Malicious" for the name of our new virus?

    |<rash0v3rr|d3: Hmm, the initials of that spell I.B.M., we could be in for a lengthy legal battle.

    Z3r0C001: You're right, legalities aside, it would at least be unethical to use a name that shortens to another companies name, especially seeing as both of our products are in the computing realm.

    |<rash0v3rr|d3: Indeed, lets forget the virus and forget our troubles with a big bowl of strawberry icecream.

    Z3r0C001: w00t