Vnunet: Two on New Slapper Worm Developments

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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