tech industry
08/16/2005, 6:35pm, EDT
Tuesday, August 16th
Worm affects Windows systems across U.S.
Tech news: A computer worm affecting Windows 2000 shut down systems across the United States , including those at CNN, ABC and The New York Times this afternoon. The reach and identity of the worm is still unknown, though some analysts are pointing to recently-discovered exploits in Windows 2000 and some versions of Windows XP. David Perry of Trend Micro said that the attack seems to have been triggered by a new worm called rbot.ebq. Johannes Ullrich, director of the Sans Institute, a network security firm in Jacksonville, Florida, said the outage also may have been caused by the Zotob worm, which was released last weekend. Several versions of the worm have been released, some as late as Tuesday, Ullrich said.
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not gonna do it.
nope.
no siree.
Nah.
ANd they'll get nailed again, the next time there's a big outbreak. And the time after that. And the time after that.
What will we miss?
More reports about missing white women and runaway brides?
God bless whoever wrote that worm.
Oh wait, not all of us are doomed.
sigh.
when will the corporate world learn?
While not a security problem, it does show you that no platform is immune from software problems.
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OMG Windows isnt secure! - Guess they just havent been listening.