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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. Re:Contact the users by Deagol · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Or just not use SSH password authentication to begin with and be done worrying about it.

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  2. Re:In soviet russia... by hostyle · · Score: 0, Redundant

    LOH

    new meme time!

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