On 6 Oct 2007, at 15:51, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/ > 2007/10/securitymatters_1004 > > http://tinyurl.com/2xevsm > > The Storm worm first appeared at the beginning of the year, hiding in > e-mail attachments with the subject line: "230 dead as storm batters > Europe." Those who opened the attachment became infected, their > computers joining an ever-growing botnet. >
<snip> > Oddly enough, Storm isn't doing much, so far, except gathering > strength. Aside from continuing to infect other Windows machines and > attacking particular sites that are attacking it, Storm has only been > implicated in some pump-and-dump stock scams. There are rumors that > Storm is leased out to other criminal groups. Other than that, > nothing. > > Personally, I'm worried about what Storm's creators are planning for > Phase II. > > By: Bruce Schneier > > ********************************************************************** > *** > > Considering the bot-attack that recently isolated Estonia from the net > for a good while, this probably deserves some attention and a lot of > investigation into world criminal syndicates. It is not the > loner-hacker who should be considered a threat. > > xponent > > Awareness Maru > > rob > It vindicates what I've been saying all along: that Windows computers are simply too insecure to be allowed to be connected to the public networks. Right Again Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ "Our products just aren't engineered for security." - Brian Valentine, senior vice president in charge of Microsoft's Windows development team. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
