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Linux Lupper.Worm In the WIld

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the inching-its-way-around-the-net dept.

jurt1235 writes "McAfee reports that a Linux worm has been found in the wild. The Linux/Lupper.worm is a derivative of the Linux/Slapper worm which also exists for BSD, just to be crossplatform. From the McAfee description: The worm blindly attacks web servers by sending malicious http requests on port 80. If the target server is running one of the vulnerable scripts at specific URLs and is configured to permit external shell commands and remote file download in the PHP/CGI environment, a copy of the worm could be downloaded and executed."

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  1. PHP exploit, not directly a linux problem? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Seems kind of wrong to name it exclusively a linux problem.

  2. Sadly a preview of things to come because... by Assmasher · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...Linux is more and more popular with corporations holding valuable and important data.

    Success is a double-edged sword. ;)

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  3. Re:How can we get some free press? by sqlrob · · Score: 5, Insightful

    IE Worm = Windows worm.

    Remember, IE is integrated into the OS according to MS, therefore it is a Windows worm.