[pchelpers] News:New Worm Counts On Admins Being Slow To Patch

November 17, 2006
By Andy Patrizio

In a twist from their usual methods, virus writers have written an 
exploit to a patch that Microsoft issued this week, hoping to take 
advantage of IT shops that are slow on the draw.

The usual trick has been zero-day exploits, where they wait until 
Microsoft issues its monthly patches and then drop the viral bomb one or 
two days later, knowing full well Microsoft won't be issuing a fix for a 
month.

In this case, hackers examined the fix in MS06-070 and whipped up their 
own worm in the hopes the hole won't be plugged for several days.

More here:
http://www.esecurityplanet.com/alerts/article.php/3644596
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