[expert] Slapper Worm New Variants
http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-09-24-017-26-SC-SV Title: Linux Today - Vnunet: Two on New Slapper Worm Developments Alt Text Breaking NewsPreferencesContributeLink UsSearchAboutJobsPR LinuxCentral LinuxToday LinuxPlanet PHPBuilder BSDCentral Linuxnewbie.org ApacheToday AllLinux Devices BSDToday Enterprise LinuxToday SITE DESCRIPTIONS :Vnunet: Two on New Slapper Worm Developments Vnunet: Two on New Slapper Worm DevelopmentsSep 24, 2002, 15 :47 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (320 reads)(Other stories by James Middleton and Iain Thomson) Vnunet: Arrest for Slapper Author "A suspect has been arrested on suspicion of authoring the Slapper worm. "But although the threat of the worm seems to have been shortlived, a new variant is already set to take up where its predecessor left off. "Slapper mailed the addresses of infected machines back to an email address in the Ukraine, [ISS senior consultant David Morgan] said. This email was checked from a traceable location and, as a result, a 21-year-old male has been arrested by the authorities... Complete Story Third Slapper Worm Hits the Street "Barely 24 hours after the Slapper B worm started to show up on antivirus monitoring stations, a new variant has cropped up. "According to security specialist ISS, Slapper C has infected 1,500 servers already and is spreading, although a source point has not been identified at this time..." Complete Story Related Stories: Common Criteria: Slapper Worm Stops Slapping(Sep 23, 2002) Symantec/LinuxSecurity.com: Apache Advisory: OpenSSL(Sep 14, 2002) Mail this storyPrint this story BRU for BSD Personal Edition 17.0 BRU Personal Edition 17.0 Backup Restore Utility is a functionally-rich backup solution designed for single or networked systems used in the home. BRU's proven data verification and error recovery ... Get it from Linux Central The /root. for Linux Resources Current Newswire: ZDNet: Ballmer: Well Outsmart Open Source SECURITY: Vnunet: Two on New Slapper Worm Developments Mozilla.org: New Mozilla-Based Phoenix Browser Released Linux Journal: Software Freedom for Macedonia? ExtremeTech: Red Hats Heresy GrepLaw.org: Don Marti on Free Software, Patents and the Internet Kernel Traffic #185 By Zack Brown Kernel Cousin Wine #136 By Brian Vincent AbiWord Weekly News #110 by Eric A. Zen Release Digest: GNOME, September 23, 2002 No talkbacks posted. Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View Top of Page Enter your comments below. Your Name: Your Email Address: Subject: CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address] Comments: Tags allowed:I,B and U. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content. Site DigestsNewslettersMedia KitSecurityTriggersLogin All times are recorded in UTC.Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds.Powered by Linux, Apache and PHP Copyright 2002 Jupitermedia Corporation All Rights Reserved. Legal Notices, Licensing, Reprints, & Permissions, Privacy Policy. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Slapper Worm New Variants
http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-09-24-017-26-SC-SV Title: Linux Today - Vnunet: Two on New Slapper Worm Developments Breaking NewsPreferencesContributeLink UsSearchAboutJobsPR LinuxToday LinuxPlanet LinuxCentral PHPBuilder ApacheToday Linuxnewbie.org AllLinux Devices BSDToday BSDCentral Enterprise LinuxToday SITE DESCRIPTIONS :Vnunet: Two on New Slapper Worm Developments Vnunet: Two on New Slapper Worm DevelopmentsSep 24, 2002, 15 :47 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (326 reads)(Other stories by James Middleton and Iain Thomson) Vnunet: Arrest for Slapper Author "A suspect has been arrested on suspicion of authoring the Slapper worm. "But although the threat of the worm seems to have been shortlived, a new variant is already set to take up where its predecessor left off. "Slapper mailed the addresses of infected machines back to an email address in the Ukraine, [ISS senior consultant David Morgan] said. This email was checked from a traceable location and, as a result, a 21-year-old male has been arrested by the authorities... Complete Story Third Slapper Worm Hits the Street "Barely 24 hours after the Slapper B worm started to show up on antivirus monitoring stations, a new variant has cropped up. "According to security specialist ISS, Slapper C has infected 1,500 servers already and is spreading, although a source point has not been identified at this time..." Complete Story Related Stories: Common Criteria: Slapper Worm Stops Slapping(Sep 23, 2002) Symantec/LinuxSecurity.com: Apache Advisory: OpenSSL(Sep 14, 2002) Mail this storyPrint this story BRU for BSD Personal Edition 17.0 BRU Personal Edition 17.0 Backup Restore Utility is a functionally-rich backup solution designed for single or networked systems used in the home. BRU's proven data verification and error recovery ... Get it from Linux Central The /root. for Linux Resources Current Newswire: ZDNet: Ballmer: Well Outsmart Open Source SECURITY: Vnunet: Two on New Slapper Worm Developments Mozilla.org: New Mozilla-Based Phoenix Browser Released Linux Journal: Software Freedom for Macedonia? ExtremeTech: Red Hats Heresy GrepLaw.org: Don Marti on Free Software, Patents and the Internet Kernel Traffic #185 By Zack Brown Kernel Cousin Wine #136 By Brian Vincent AbiWord Weekly News #110 by Eric A. Zen Release Digest: GNOME, September 23, 2002 No talkbacks posted. Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View Top of Page Enter your comments below. Your Name: Your Email Address: Subject: CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address] Comments: Tags allowed:I,B and U. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content. Site DigestsNewslettersMedia KitSecurityTriggersLogin All times are recorded in UTC.Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds.Powered by Linux, Apache and PHP Copyright 2002 Jupitermedia Corporation All Rights Reserved. Legal Notices, Licensing, Reprints, & Permissions, Privacy Policy. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
