{"id":144,"date":"2007-08-17T07:03:10","date_gmt":"2007-08-17T12:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ironwil.net\/blog\/2007\/08\/17\/another-internet-storm\/"},"modified":"2007-08-17T07:03:10","modified_gmt":"2007-08-17T12:03:10","slug":"another-internet-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ironwil.net\/cs\/2007\/08\/another-internet-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Internet ‘Storm’?"},"content":{"rendered":"

IT Business Canada and Information Week both published a story about a new trojan called ‘Storm’. \u201cThis is the biggest since Sober in mid-to-late 2005,\u201d said Sam Masiello, the director of threat research at MX Logic, referring to a long-lasting worm whose variants struck repeatedly in the second half of 2005…”1<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

This botnet has a defensive mechanism which “is set up to launch a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against any computer that is scanning a network for vulnerabilities or malware”2<\/sup>. This means that Storm will attack any servers trying to scan a network for bots and malware. Information Week also reports that this is potentially a bigger problem for schools because of the way most of their networks are set up.<\/p>\n

Security researchers have also “discovered that the Storm worm authors have taken their full attention off of e-mail-based attacks and have started creating malicious Web pages. E-mail-based attacks — phony e-cards and fake news alerts — have worked exceedingly well, helping the attackers build up a massive botnet”2<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

So, in short, don’t open eMail from people you don’t know, that are MAILER-DAEMON, or for some fantastic deal, most SPAM is annoying and some of it can infect you with a nasty bit of malware. Use Anti-Virus and be smart.<\/p>\n

iron wil<\/p>\n

Notes:<\/p>\n

(1) IT Business, Canada Technology News<\/a>, New Trojan deadliest in history<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(2) Information Week<\/a>, Storm Botnet Puts Up Defenses And Starts Attacking Back<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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