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Storm Worm Strikes Back at Security Pros

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the skynet-worm dept.

alphadogg writes "The Storm worm, which some say is the world's biggest botnet despite waning in recent months, is now fighting back against security researchers that seek to destroy it and has them running scared, conference attendees in NYC heard this week. The worm can figure out which users are trying to probe its command-and-control servers, and it retaliates by launching DDoS attacks against them, shutting down their Internet access for days, says an IBM architect."

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  1. Brilliant! by GigaHurtsMyRobot · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Brilliant!

  2. Re:Storm by MightyYar · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Poontos, the Freshmaker

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  3. Re:In soviet russia... by Marcos+Eliziario · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Who was the idiot who modded this down?
    Really, this was one of the best executions of the soviet russia meme I've seen around here for a long time.

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  4. Re:In soviet russia... by Marcos+Eliziario · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You obviously lack even the most modest traces of a sense of humour.
    Too bad for you. Here I am laughing out hard.

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