Watch out Microsoft! new variant of MyDoom

[Prison Kids]

Here comes trouble

The DDoS attack of Mydoom.B is against www.microsoft.com. There is information claiming that it may also be directed at sco.com, but this is unsubstantiated at this time. It appears that the more credible data is that it only performs a DDoS attack against www.microsoft.com, though a previous version of the virus is confirmed to attack SCO.


Linux users?

[DVNT1]

also posted here... http://www.techimo.com/newsapp/i9703.html

with details at http://www.europe.f-secure.com/v-descs/mydoom_b.shtml

[jkrohn]

Linux users?

/me sighs

http://www.ajc.com/business/content/...04/28worm.html

experts who believe the worm was put out for criminal profit motives by spammers and not by Linux Advocates

and
http://www.messagelabs.com/news/viru...region=america

that the recent Mydoom virus seems to have originated in Russia. A place where nobody gives a wet slap about a court case in the U.S. Personally, I'm looking for a serious apology (or at least a retraction) for the 'alleged' link between this ugly little nasty and Open Source / Linux users.

[jkrohn]

though a previous version of the virus is confirmed to attack SCO.

This also looks like a conclusion that was come to too quickly. Note that it has not DDOS'ed SCO yet, it was suppossedly going to start.

Read this link.
http://www.math.org.il/newworm-digest1.txt

After much discussion on a mailing list discussing trojan horses, some people have reached the conclusion that MyDoom doesn't accomplish its stated goal of DDOSing SCO at all! Choice quote from the analysis: "I have the new critter in a test environment where we conducted a preliminary and rudimentary functionality and threat analysis...I have played with the date, etc, but still no activity directed toward www.sco.com." The link also includes disassembly and analysis of the worm code."

[Prison Kids]

Thanx for the great info jkfohn.


Some media sources sure do twist things. I'm a fan of Linux myself.