Tuesday, 2. December 2008
Topic: COMPUTER - on December 2, 2008 at 12:13:58 PM CET
New Massive Botnet Building On Windows Hole
The worm exploiting a critical Windows bug that Microsoft patched with an emergency fix in late October is now being used to build a fast-growing botnet, said Ivan Macalintal, a senior research engineer with Trend Micro. Dubbed 'Downad.a' by Trend (and 'Conficker.a' by Microsoft and 'Downadup' by Symantec), the worm is a key component in a massive new botnet that a new criminal element, not associated with McColo, is creating.
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