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Zotob - Slowing Down

Good news on the Zotob front. McAfee has lowered the risk to Medium. Correspondingly, it is now considered a moderate outbreak.

Posted to Security Manifest by trafton on Wed, Aug 17 2005
Filed under: Filed under: VIRUSES, SECURITY, FOLLOW-UPS
Looking more at Plug N' Play worms and Zotob

If you've been following the news about Zotob, IRCBot, Bozori, and the other families of worms to attack the recent Plug-and-Play vulnerability (MS05-039), you know that another worm war has begun between the latter two worm families and Zotob, which so far is not “fighting back” with a new...

Posted to Security Manifest by trafton on Wed, Aug 17 2005
Filed under: Filed under: VIRUSES, SECURITY, FOLLOW-UPS
Zotob.E (IRCBot) Outbreak News Round-Up

Early news reports indicate that the group most affected (or at least most publicly affected) by the IRCBot is the media. Brian Krebs at The Washington Post reports : ABC News had an extensive outage today due to infections from Zotob or one of its variants [most probably IRCBot, which is also known...

Posted to Security Manifest by trafton on Tue, Aug 16 2005
Filed under: Filed under: VIRUSES, SECURITY, FOLLOW-UPS
Ad-Aware Fixed!

Good news in that last week's problem with Lavasoft's Ad-Aware adversely affecting LANs seems to have been resolved. http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?showtopic=60859 A link to the original post can be found here: http://msmvps.com/trafton/archive/2005/03/11/38236.aspx

Posted to Security Manifest by trafton on Sun, Mar 20 2005
Filed under: Filed under: SECURITY, FOLLOW-UPS
Anti-Santy: Near Death?

Before I head off to bed, I just want to give a very quick update on the “Anti-Santy” worm I have discussed previously in a post , as well as a follow-up . We now have a name to this worm - Asan - and information that its spread seems to be slowing from already limited levels. The good folks...

Posted to Security Manifest by trafton on Sun, Jan 2 2005
Filed under: Filed under: VIRUSES, SECURITY, FOLLOW-UPS
Follow-Up: Anti-Santy Worm

I'd like to give you all a quick-update on the phpBB worm that targets the vulnerability used by Santy and patches it I reported yesterday. Although it still lacks a name, and little is actually known about it, the media is beginning to report on it. From ZDNet (underlining for emphasis on new details...

Posted to Security Manifest by trafton on Sat, Jan 1 2005
Filed under: Filed under: VIRUSES, SECURITY, FOLLOW-UPS
Symantec Goes High on Sasser.B

BREAKING NEWS: Symantec Upgrades Sasser.B to HIGH (4) Symantec has just upgraded Sasser.B to a HIGH risk (4). This is due to increased spread. The worm, which appeared yesterday, has now achieved higher spread than the original, according to Symantec. http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sasser...

Posted to Security Manifest by trafton on Sun, May 2 2004
Filed under: Filed under: VIRUSES, SECURITY, FOLLOW-UPS, Viruses (Medium), Viruses (Urgent), Viruses (Very Urgent)
Sasser.B Goes Medium

BREAKING NEWS: Sasser.B Spreading Quickly Most companies are now calling W32/Sasser.worm.b Medium risk. This reflects increased spread. The worm, which debuted yesterday, is not all that different from the original. The main indication of difference is the prescence of a “2“ at the end of the file name...

Posted to Security Manifest by trafton on Sun, May 2 2004
Filed under: Filed under: VIRUSES, SECURITY, FOLLOW-UPS, Viruses (Medium), Viruses (Urgent)
Trend Micro Posts Details for W32/Sasser.worm.B

Follow-Up: Apparently Low Risk; Little Innovation Trend Micro has updated their description of the .B version of W32/Sasser.worm. The good news is that this latest variant does not appear to be spreading at a significant rate. The bad news is that this could change. The main change is that the file name...

Posted to Security Manifest by trafton on Sat, May 1 2004
Filed under: Filed under: VIRUSES, SECURITY, FOLLOW-UPS
F-Secure Developers: "Sasser is NOT Out of Control"

Follow-Up: Weekend Debut Likely Hurt Spread Rates For some of the most spin-free and interesting semi-technical coverage of virus incidents, I highly recommend F-Secure's Developers Web Log, an ingenious and frequently updated project that started during the MyDoom pandemic. Today, F-Secure's Mikko Hyppönen...

Posted to Security Manifest by trafton on Sat, May 1 2004
Filed under: Filed under: VIRUSES, SECURITY, FOLLOW-UPS

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