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First Shellshock Botnet Attacking Akamai, US DoD Networks

Posted by samzenpus on from the that-didn't-take-very-long dept.

Bismillah writes The Bash "Shellshock" bug is being used to spread malware to create a botnet, that's active and attacking Akamai and Department of Defense networks. "The 'wopbot' botnet is active and scanning the internet for vulnerable systems, including at the United States Department of Defence, chief executive of Italian security consultancy Tiger Security, Emanuele Gentili, told iTnews. 'We have found a botnet that runs on Linux servers, named “wopbot", that uses the Bash Shellshock bug to auto-infect other servers,' Gentili said."

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  1. Confused. by msauve · · Score: 4, Funny

    Italian security consultancy Tiger Security, Emanuele Gentili, told iTnews. 'We have found a botnet that runs on Linux servers, named "wopbot"

    Italian? wopbot?

    I'm at a loss for words - other than that seems offensive, even for non-politically-correct me.

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    1. Re:Confused. by wallsg · · Score: 5, Funny

      Italian? wopbot?

      I'm at a loss for words - other than that seems offensive, even for non-politically-correct me.

      That's only for the PC crowd. This is Linux.

  2. quality reporting! 16.7 addresses! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    priceless excerpt: |The US DoD network in question is the 215.0.0.0/8 range, with approximately 16.7 addresses."

    1. Re:quality reporting! 16.7 addresses! by Zaiff+Urgulbunger · · Score: 3, Funny

      priceless excerpt: |The US DoD network in question is the 215.0.0.0/8 range, with approximately 16.7 addresses."

      They're still using IPv2.1 - and it's maxed out!