Bagle.AZ Goes Medium at McAfee

Breaking News: New Bagle Variant Spreading Quickly Worldwide

The latest variant of the Bagle worm, Bagle.AZ, has now been declared a Medium risk at McAfee due to increasing spread. For more information, see this link from the McAfeeHelp forums:

http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=32387

This is notably the first time McAfee has declared a Medium risk alert since MyDoom.S on August 15th. I personally received a copy in my Yahoo! email box this morning, and reports continue to come in that spread is increasing, although it seems unlikely at least at this point to become a major outbreak.

I will continue to monitor this developing threat. More information will be posted as it is made available.