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MS05-039 Worm in the Wild

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the brace-for-impact dept.

An anonymous reader noted that SANS is reporting that the MS05-039 worm is in the wild. It has been named Zotob.A. Not a lot of information on this one yet except that it's trying to FTP files from a subnet.

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  1. Re:miscategorised by rel4x · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because it would be horribly redundant?

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  2. Re:While drives software companies to do this... by SoloFlyer2 · · Score: 3, Funny

    We could tell them to write it in java instead of C/Assembly, that way it will propagate slower as the files will be larger, the code will use more memory and there will be more processing overhead... :)

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  3. Re:crappy summary by caluml · · Score: 2, Funny
    what operating system this effects

    Affects. What operating system this affects.

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  4. Re:no subject really by JamesTRexx · · Score: 4, Funny

    Which is why we're at this moment here at work patching all servers manually. Good thing it also means a sunday bonus. :-)

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  5. Re: :) by tveidt · · Score: 2, Funny

    > What a crappy summary

    Get a browser with support for hyperlinks. Cool stuff.

  6. Re:What drives people to do this... by thrillseeker · · Score: 4, Funny
    Personally my hobbies include martial arts and power lifting. Another good systems guy I know is an expert martial artist. I say we get five minutes locked in a small concrete room with Mr. Worm Creator and see how much fucking fun he has while he's getting an ass beating.

    Having some difficulties understanding the self-control aspects of the martial arts, are you?

  7. Re:miscategorised by discogravy · · Score: 2, Funny

    don't worry, the repost will be.

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