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Botnet Herders Attack MS06-040 Worm Hole

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the worming-your-way-through-the-net dept.

Laljeetji writes "eweek reports that the first wave of malicious attacks against the MS06-040 vulnerability is underway, using malware that hijacks unpatched Windows machines for use in IRC-controlled botnets. The attacks, which started late Aug. 12, use a variant of a backdoor Trojan that installs itself on a system, modifies security settings, connects to a remote IRC (Internet Relay Chat) server and starts listening for commands from a remote hacker. On the MSRC blog, Microsoft is calling it a very small, targeted attack that does not (yet?) have an auto-spreading mechanism. LURHQ has a detailed analysis of the backdoor."

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  1. Re:Could be by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Oh god twitter, that's hilarious. Just yesterday you were modded down to -1 for attempting the same "joke".

    I guess some things just don't change.

  2. Cha-ching, another fan. by twitter · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Just yesterday you were modded down to -1 for attempting the same "joke".

    So, you read my posts before you mod them? Great. Would you like to subscribe to my newsletter, Buggy?

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    Friends don't help friends install M$ junk.

    1. Re:Cha-ching, another fan. by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      So, you read my posts before you mod them?

      No, I don't mod. I just happened to be reding through the story comments and unfortunately I noticed yours. It's always a pain to read what you write.

      Would you like to subscribe to my newsletter

      OMFG, ROFL and all that. Always the comedian, good old twitter.