<http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-09-24-017-26-SC-SV>
Title: Linux Today - Vnunet: Two on New Slapper Worm Developments
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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...'
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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..."
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Related Stories:
Common Criteria: Slapper Worm Stops Slapping(Sep 23, 2002)
Symantec/LinuxSecurity.com: Apache Advisory: OpenSSL(Sep 14, 2002)
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