rjsNetworks.commake your data fly...MSN Messenger Attacked By Worm- February 4, 2005 Anti-virus company TrendMicro is warning that a new variant of the Bropia worm is using MSN Messenger to spread. Bropia.F is a worm packaged with a second, more dangerous worm that tries to exploit known issues in unpatched computers. The latest variant was discovered late Wednesday, according to TrendMicro. The virus spreads by sending itself as a picture of a roast chicken with tan lines to all available or online contacts. It also releases the Agabot.ajc virus on the infected PC. Read...http://www.rjsnetworks.com/rjs/weblog/archives/000133.html Blaster Worm: Teen Sentenced- February 3, 2005 A teenager was sentenced Friday to 112 years in prison for unleashing a variant of the "Blaster" Internet worm that crippled 48,000 computers in 2003. Jeffrey Lee Parson, 19, of Hopkins, Minnesota, will serve his time at a low-security prison and must perform 10 months of community service. He had faced up to 10 years in prison, but the judge took pity on the teen, saying his neglectful parents were to blame for the psychological troubles that led to his actions. "(The Internet) has created a...http://www.rjsnetworks.com/rjs/weblog/archives/000132.html Zombie Trick Sends Spam Sky-High- February 3, 2005 According to the SpamHaus Project -- a U.K.-based antispam compiler of blacklists that block 8 billion messages a day--a new piece of malicious software has been created that takes over a PC. This "zombie" computer is then used to send spam via the mail server of that PC's Internet service provider. This means the junk mail appears to come from the ISP, making it very hard for an antispam blacklist to block it. Previously, zombie PCs have been used as mail servers themselves, sending spam...http://www.rjsnetworks.com/rjs/weblog/archives/000131.html |