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Linux worm creating P2P attack network
News A new worm that attacks Linux Web servers has compromised more than 3,500 machines, creating a rogue peer-to-peer network that has been used to attack other computers with a flood of data, security experts said on Saturday.
[September 16, 2002, 8:09]
Linux worm on the loose
Talkback A single, low distribution, low to medium risk Linux worm vs.how many thousand Windows virii ? Use Windows it's safer . ROFL Not Anonymous)
[November 8, 2005, 15:07]
Worm targets Linux home routers
News A worm has been used to build a botnet consisting of DSL routers running Linux, which may be still evolving, according to security training organisation the Sans Institute. After analysing the worm, DroneBL researchers wrote in a blog post that...
[March 25, 2009, 12:06]
Linux worm on the loose
Talkback I had a look at the numbers of linux viruses (and worms) out there in a virus database, and I discovered that this worm raises the number of these things on GNU/Linux by 10%. At least with GNU/Linux, you can see what the code is and what it is doing.
[November 9, 2005, 12:17]
Linux worm on the loose
News A new worm that propagates by exploiting security vulnerabilities in Web server software is attacking Linux systems, antivirus companies warned on Monday. The worm spreads by exploiting Web servers that host susceptible scripts at specific...
[November 8, 2005, 7:55]
Linux worm on the loose
Talkback And they would need to be running all three buggy packages to be vulnerable to this worm anyway. I have looked into my crystal ball of the bl**^Wextremely obvious, and predict that this worm isn't going to cause a lot of problems.
[November 8, 2005, 21:10]
Vandals mutate Ramen Linux worm
News Online vandals may have modified the Ramen Linux worm discovered last week to automatically deface sites with their own Web pages, one expert said Monday. As earlier reported, the Ramen worm is a self-spreading program that has been cobbled...
[January 23, 2001, 9:18]
Net worm hobbles Linux servers
News Spitzner, Moldovanu and other security experts on SecurityFocus.com's Incidents mailing list detected the worm earlier this week when they noticed an increase in scans for two common flaws that plague the default installations of most Linux servers.
[January 18, 2001, 7:55]
New Linux worm 'Adore' arrives
News Known as the Adore worm, the program is designed to create so-called back doors in the security of Linux systems and send information identifying the compromised systems to four different email addresses hosted on servers in China and the United...
[April 5, 2001, 9:06]
Linux worm on the loose
Talkback Use a Mac? I use an abacus. It gives me the same number of apps to easily complete my work. Even got two 5-button 'mice' thrown in.
[December 3, 2005, 21:25]
Linux worm on the loose
Talkback Absolutely NOTHING is safe. There's always annoying criminals constantly finding (or making) security holes in software.
[November 9, 2005, 9:01]
Linux worm on the loose
Talkback Comment: Use Linux .it's safe . Occupation: IT Analyst LOL Well maybe if you bothered to READ the rest of the article you would see IT IS SAFE unlike your AR** wipe windBloZe that has so many holes it defies counting .you want to LOL then...
[November 10, 2005, 21:26]
Slapper worm continues to put it about
News The Linux Slapper worm had compromised more than 6,700 servers as of early Monday morning, and it continues to create a peer-to-peer attack network that could shut down even corporate Internet connections.
[September 17, 2002, 12:39]
Microsoft trials licence-checking programme
Talkback A.write a virus/worm for Linux and annoy 7 people Virus/Worm creators are after the 'biggest bang' causing as much trouble as possible, so do they B.write a virus worm for windows and annoy 90% of the computer using population?
[September 22, 2004, 15:21]
Slapper worm grinds to a halt
News A Linux worm that started spreading a week ago has reached a plateau after infecting about 7,000 servers and turning the hosts into a peer-to-peer network that could be used to attack other computers.
[September 20, 2002, 13:32]
OpenOffice worm hits Mac, Linux and Windows
News The worm can infect Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X systems. On Linux systems, the worm drops both badbunny.py as an XChat script and badbunny.pl as a Perl virus. According to the Symantec Security Response website, the worm is capable of infecting...
[June 11, 2007, 9:03]
The Cheese worm: A welcome helper?
News System administrators, worldwide reported signs on Wednesday that another self-spreading program -- or worm -- had started to infect Linux systems. This worm appears to be different, however. Dubbed the Cheese worm, the program is basically a self...
[May 17, 2001, 9:56]
Virus writers get Slapper happy
News Internet vandals have continued to modify the recent Slapper worm and have sent at least four new variants of the hostile Linux program into the electronic wilds. The newest variant, dubbed "Mighty," exploits the same Linux Web server flaw that...
[October 7, 2002, 7:44]
