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Techworld: Super-Worms Could Target Linux
Feb 2, 2004, 13 :00 UTC (20 Talkback[s]) (13077 reads)

(Other stories by John E. Dunn)

[ Thanks to Maxwell Cooter for this link. ]

"Worms capable of carrying out simultaneous attacks across a range of operating systems or exploiting multiple vulnerabilities could arrive this year, according to Gerhard Eschelbeck, the outspoken CTO of US security specialist Qualys.

"Long predicted in doom-laden tones by security experts, such multi-platform 'super-worms' could now be inevitable given the increasing frequency and sophistication of major attacks, he said..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
One thing to bear in mind is that these  ...   talking up the market   
wildpossum
Feb 2, 2004, 13:30:52
 
"Worms ... could arrive this year"Remind ...   reminds me of a song   
SteveOC
Feb 2, 2004, 13:39:34
 
IMHO I seriously have to wonder if this  ...   Microsoft PR Spin at it again....   
Nicholas Donovan
Feb 2, 2004, 13:46:53
 
- that you *really* should run only thos ...   This could be a timely reminder   
Peter N. M. Hansteen
Feb 2, 2004, 13:52:00
 
Get rid of nfs, get rid of portmap.  ...   portmap   
codez
Feb 2, 2004, 14:05:35
 
Of course, there has to be a security ho ...   holes   
Sean Etc.
Feb 2, 2004, 14:18:32
 
> "Worms ... could arrive this year"> Re ...   Re: reminds me of a song   
tomislav
Feb 2, 2004, 14:19:55
 
> > IMHO I seriously have to wonder if t ...   Re: Microsoft PR Spin at it again....   
John Robertson
Feb 2, 2004, 14:52:15
 
> Get rid of nfs, get rid of portmap. Pe ...   Re: portmap   
John Stracke
Feb 2, 2004, 15:59:21
 
Microsoft has a big push going for their ...   Mico-sh*t   
GH
Feb 2, 2004, 16:05:56
 
> Get rid of nfs, get rid of portmap. Ho ...   Re: portmap   
a.c.
Feb 2, 2004, 16:09:44
 
There was nothing there but fud about Li ...   I RTFA-ed but there was nothing to f'ing read   
ac
Feb 2, 2004, 16:40:13
 
 ...How many of the hosts on your networ ...   Re: This could be a timely reminder   
Charles Hixson
Feb 2, 2004, 16:40:53
 
IMO any host with an exposed RPC port on ...   Re: portman   
William Blew
Feb 2, 2004, 18:24:35
 
...Worms capable of carrying out simulta ...   Break it down.   
Brandioch Conner
Feb 2, 2004, 19:09:55
 
Sure.  Anything is possible.  In our uni ...   Possibly Linux   
Joe User
Feb 2, 2004, 20:33:15
 
I block any incoming portmap, samba etc. ...   Re: Re: portmap   
Gossamer Axe
Feb 2, 2004, 21:28:00
 
The earth could reverse it's axisis  ...   And in other news..   
Kevin Hudson
Feb 2, 2004, 21:41:25
 
And monkeys could fly outta my butt.  ...   Super-Worms Could Target Linux   
Void Main
Feb 3, 2004, 00:59:01
 
> And monkeys could fly outta my butt.Ge ...   Re: Super-Worms Could Target Linux   
Onan the Barbarian
Feb 3, 2004, 09:05:57
 
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