. . . can be found here:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/01/27/mydoom.spread/index.html
The title? "Experts: Vicious worm 'Linux war' weapon"
My suggestion is to use CNN's feedback system and let them know what real "Linux-fans" think.
I wonder how many of these kids wait for vulnerable systems to come to them -- with the amount of "background noise" on the Internet today, there's a good chance that any incoming SYN to a home-use machine is a probe for a well-known vulnerability -- and a good chance it's coming from an automated process on an infected (and still vulnerable) box.
Zombie armies are probably most often built w/ auto-rooters -- "tools" that get passed around and modified. E.g. a script-kid may just have to specify which DCOM hole in which Service pack to attack, and then what irc server/channel he/she wants to command them all from. Then he/she installs it on joe user's 24/7 cable-connected box and lets 'er rip. Rinse and repeat 'til you've got 2,000 systems under your thumb.
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. . . can be found here: http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/01/27/mydoom .spread/index.html
The title? "Experts: Vicious worm 'Linux war' weapon"
My suggestion is to use CNN's feedback system and let them know what real "Linux-fans" think.
I wonder how many of these kids wait for vulnerable systems to come to them -- with the amount of "background noise" on the Internet today, there's a good chance that any incoming SYN to a home-use machine is a probe for a well-known vulnerability -- and a good chance it's coming from an automated process on an infected (and still vulnerable) box.
logging into machines, uploading tools, etc.
Zombie armies are probably most often built w/ auto-rooters -- "tools" that get passed around and modified. E.g. a script-kid may just have to specify which DCOM hole in which Service pack to attack, and then what irc server/channel he/she wants to command them all from. Then he/she installs it on joe user's 24/7 cable-connected box and lets 'er rip. Rinse and repeat 'til you've got 2,000 systems under your thumb.
So yes, it takes a *little* work, but NO skill.