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Linux Lupper.Worm In the WIld
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."
Whichever av company it was that put out this release, it clearly isn't meant for anyone who's ever used *nix. This message is aimed at potential corporate *nix adopters for whom the lack of viruses might have been a strong selling point. I'm willing to put serious money that there's some lobby cash behind this. This is just like Bush's war - no one with a brain believes its right, but the majority without the brains do, and that's all thats needed. It's disgusting.
An old-timer with old-timey ideas.
This is all I have to say:
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