A new worm utilizing the MS05-039 vulnerability has became a major outbreak. More coverage upcoming. Details IRCBot is a fast-spreading worm affecting systems not patched for the MS05-039 vulnerability. Infected machines will reboot frequently, as well as connect to an IRC server and await further instructions...
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trafton
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08-16-2005
Filed under: VIRUSES, SECURITY, Security (Medium), Security (Urgent), Viruses (Medium), Viruses (Urgent), Security (Very Urgent), Viruses (Very Urgent)
BREAKING NEWS: Mydoom Variant Medium-High Risk At 9:25 AM Pacific Time, security company Secunia released a Medium risk alert for the latest variant of the Mydoom family, which is known by various names, including MyDoom.L, MyDoom.M, MyDoom.N, MyDoom.O, and MyDoom.R. The following are various vendor...
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...
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05-02-2004
Filed under: VIRUSES, SECURITY, FOLLOW-UPS, Viruses (Medium), Viruses (Urgent), Viruses (Very Urgent)