hackfix-virusnews: Doomjuice.B Variant Builds on MyDoom Mayhem
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- Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 13:11:04 -0500
Doomjuice.B Variant Builds on MyDoom Mayhem
By Elizabeth Millard
E-Commerce Times
February 12, 2004
Doomjuice and Deadhat are the first reported
opportunistic worms, but they will not be the last.
Already, F-Secure has uncovered a variant of a
Trojan, Mitglieder.H, that exploits the MyDoom
backdoor. In its report on Mitglieder.H, F-Secure
noted, "It seems to be the morning of
MyDoom-exploiting worms."
A new variant of the Doomjuice worm has been reported
by antivirus research firm F-Secure. The worm, dubbed
Doomjuice.B, attacks Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Web
site, much like its predecessor, Doomjuice.A.
Although it has similar characteristics to the
previous worm, Doomjuice.B is smaller and does not
contain any of the source code found in the related
Mydoom.A, now widely considered to be the most
virulent computer worm ever.
However, its small size and lack of source code do
not mean the B variant is harmless. The worm is
designed to improve the distributed denial-of-service
attack on Microsoft and keep battering at the
company's well-protected gates.
Read more here:
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/32842.html
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