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It has been reported that the MS05-039 Microsoft vulnerability
is being exploited by Virus writers.
It is not immediately obvious which worm has caused the infection
that has disrupted business at CNN, ABC, and the New York
Times, as a number of viruses use the exploit - including
W32/Tpbot-A and W32/Dogbot-A, as well as the Zotob, Rbot and
Tilebot-F worms.
CNN reports say that the news organization was hit at 5pm
on Tuesday in Atlanta and New York. Meanwhile, a spokesperson
at the New York Times was reported to say that production
of the newspaper had not been affected.
"These type of attacks are becoming a standard part
of the virus writers' armoury. If you are responsible for
network security inside an organisation it's time to wake
up and smell the roses: you need to patch your systems now
against these security holes or not be surprised when hackers
and worms blast their way through" explains Graham Cluey,
senior technology consultant at Sophos.
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Source: Sophos
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