> I think this is the second worm of its type on linux. Ain't it? Are these
> people really fed up of window? :-)


Or people from Windows camp !?!

Whosoever it is, the efforts will largely be futile and not as damaging as on
the other side.


> regards
> --himanshu
>
> On 11/9/05, Tarun Kant <tarunkant@...> wrote:
> >
> > Security outfit McAfee has published details of a Linux worm.
> >
> > The worm is a modified derivative of the BSD/Scalper worms and spreads by
> > exploiting web servers hosting vulnerable PHP/CGI scripts.
> >
> > It blindly attacks webservers by sending malicious http requests on port
> > 80. If server happens to run one of the vulnerable scripts the worm is
> > copied and sent out to form a global network of compromised servers which
> > can be used for Zombie attacks or spambots.
> >
> > More here:
> > http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_136821.htm
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > _______________________________________________
> > Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org
> > This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox.
> >
> > Powered by Outblaze
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> ======================
> Himanshu Chauhan
> Software Engineer
> OSX Audio Driver &
> DSP Engineer
> Singing Electrons, Inc.
> +91-98292-92757
> www.singingelectrons.com <http://www.singingelectrons.com>
> ========================



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tarun Kant, M.Sc., Ph.D. -o)
Scientist C /\\
Biotechnology Laboratory _\_V
Forest Genetics & Tree Breeding Division
Arid Forest Research Institute
New Pali Road
Jodhpur 342005 India
Phone: +91-291-2722269 ext. 162
Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/bobkant/
I'm Registered Linux User # 284692
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


--
_______________________________________________
Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org
This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox.

Powered by Outblaze