The article mentions this particularly for financial institutions; I've worked in a few before and I can tell you modems are far more in use than people believe. Most inter-bank transactions are done over modems. And they never do switch them off...besides, this worm does quite a good job at "social engineering", faking replies to mail you sent out. This makes it easier for the typical user to fall for it and at least preview it, which might be enough to infect the machine. Anybody actually seen it work without opening the attachment?
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Let me know when the **AAs get "tested"....
The article mentions this particularly for financial institutions; I've worked in a few before and I can tell you modems are far more in use than people believe. Most inter-bank transactions are done over modems. And they never do switch them off...besides, this worm does quite a good job at "social engineering", faking replies to mail you sent out. This makes it easier for the typical user to fall for it and at least preview it, which might be enough to infect the machine. Anybody actually seen it work without opening the attachment?