Storm Worm Botnet Threatens National Security?

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Always a possibility...

Via ZDNet Australia.

[snip]

In just eight months the Storm worm has infected more than 20 million
computers and built a zombie army -- or botnet -- capable of launching DDoS
attacks that could be used against any organisation or even damage critical
infrastructure, according to security experts.

The Storm worm was first seen in January of this year. Initially the worm
spread as an executable file attached to an e-mail disguised as an
electronic greeting card. However, Storm has constantly changed its tactics
and was recently caught fooling victims into clicking on links that lead
them to an infected file.

[snip]

More:
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Storm-worm-botnet-threatens-natio
nal-security-/0,130061744,339281305,00.htm

- - ferg

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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg(at)netzero.net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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