Next-Gen Windows Worms Will Be Smarter

Dom · Aug 13, 2003, 03:11 PM

Despite infecting tens of thousands of computers worldwide, the recent W32.Blaster worm is poorly written and inefficient, blunting its impact, according to security experts.

However, future versions of the worm could correct Blaster's flaws and spread much more quickly, resulting in service outages on infected networks and causing far greater harm to businesses and individual users on the Internet, experts warn.

Blaster, which is also known as the MSBlast, the Lovsan Worm, and the DCOM Worm, surfaced on Monday and quickly spread to computers worldwide by exploiting a known security vulnerability in Microsoft Windows.

The worm targets a Windows component for handling Remote Procedure Call (RPC) protocol traffic called the Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) interface. By Tuesday morning, it had spread to more than 30,000 systems, according to Johannes Ullrich, chief technology officer of the SANS Internet Storm Center.

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~~craig588~~ · Aug 13, 2003, 03:19 PM

lol, I was just talking about this in IRC using almost the exact same words so talk about how pathetic this worm was.

Aug 13, 2003, 03:11 PM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Next-Gen Windows Worms Will Be Smarter Despite infecting tens of thousands of computers worldwide, the recent W32.Blaster worm is poorly written and inefficient, blunting its impact, according to security experts. However, future versions of the worm could correct Blaster's flaws and spread much more quickly, resulting in service outages on infected networks and causing far greater harm to businesses and individual users on the Internet, experts warn. Blaster, which is also known as the MSBlast, the Lovsan Worm, and the DCOM Worm, surfaced on Monday and quickly spread to computers worldwide by exploiting a known security vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The worm targets a Windows component for handling Remote Procedure Call (RPC) protocol traffic called the Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) interface. By Tuesday morning, it had spread to more than 30,000 systems, according to Johannes Ullrich, chief technology officer of the SANS Internet Storm Center. Read More...

Aug 13, 2003, 03:19 PM	#2
~~craig588~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In clothing Posts: 3,510 Rep Power: 0	lol, I was just talking about this in IRC using almost the exact same words so talk about how pathetic this worm was.