news.zdnet.com - 1/12/2009
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A Windows Server worm that is attacking business systems also propagates via USB, says F-Secure.
news.bbc.co.uk - 1/17/2009
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Experts are warning that hackers have yet to
activate the payload of the Conficker virus. The worm...
is spreading through low security networks, memory sticks, and PCs without current security updates. The malicious program - also known as Downadup or ...
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Clock ticking on worm attack code
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Microsoft server worm “Downadup” can spread via USB
D' Technology Weblog —
... has warned. The worm, which F-Secure calls Downadup, attacks the vulnerability outlined in MS08-067, a Windows Server service flaw that was patched in October. The worm launches a dictionary attack to attempt to crack user passwords, and uses server-side polymorphism and modification to the Access Control Lists (ACL) “to make network disinfection particularly difficult”, F-Secure said in a blog post.
Source:→ ZDNet ...
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