Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

First StarOffice Virus Sighted

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the batten-down-the-hatches-maties dept.

Sam Haine '95 writes "News.com is reporting on the creation of Stardust, a virus which uses macros to attack StarOffice, Sun's office suite. The malware was written as a proof-of-concept code to show what might be possible rather than as a serious attempt to create a new attack vector." From the article: "The pest is written in Star Basic. It downloads an image file with adult content from the Internet and opens that file in a new document, according to Kaspersky's posting."

10 of 166 comments (clear)

  1. Missing the best part. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    What? No link to the "adult content?"

  2. Virus!? by Kesch · · Score: 5, Funny

    It downloads an image file with adult content from the Internet and opens that file in a new document, according to Kaspersky's posting.

    I don't call that a virus, I call it a feature.

    Hopefully the next version will allow you to enter keywords to guide the image downloader.

    --
    If this signature is witty enough, maybe somebody will like me.
    1. Re:Virus!? by Jim+Hall · · Score: 3, Funny

      What, no screenshots?

  3. virus? by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 5, Funny

    It downloads an image file with adult content from the Internet and opens that file in a new document

    That's no virus, that's a productivity tool!

    --
    This guy's the limit!
  4. Re:Learning period by TouchOfRed · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ha. One of these days an offer is going to work, and ill have free pron and FREE MONEY. Then we'll see whose laughing.

  5. Erh... no, boss, erh... no, that wasn't me by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Funny

    Me? Looking at porn at work? Noooo, sorry, must be that virus goin' round.

    A heartfelt THANK YOU to the autor!

    --
    We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
  6. Thanks! by Chris+Bradshaw · · Score: 3, Funny
    "proof-of-concept"

    Cool... Thanks for the idea!

    Respectfully Signed,
    Anonymous Redmond Washington Resident

    --
    Get your Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Here for FREE! - http://fedora.redhat.com
  7. goatse by EccentricAnomaly · · Score: 5, Funny

    What? No link to the "adult content?"

    be careful what you wish for... the 'adult content' could be goatse

    --
    There are 10 types of people in this world, those who can count in binary and those who can't.
  8. No need to worry by sootman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Both StarOffice users have been contacted and were warned to be careful.

    --
    Dear Slashdot: next time you want to mess with the site, add a rich-text editor for comments.
  9. Re:it's still basically a OS security issue by Fred_A · · Score: 2, Funny

    What do you mean "uninterrupted" ? You'd have lost your high score file !!

    --

    May contain traces of nut.
    Made from the freshest electrons.