According to Reuters, installing the patch needed to block the worm has set companies back $1.2bn, while lost business has added a further $700m to the bill. This impact is likely to continue, but the worm still has a long way to go before it...
Researchers have theorised about such worms for some time, and a paper presented at last year's Usenix Security Symposium by security experts Vern Paxson, Stuart Staniford, and Nicholas Weaver also predicted the emergence of a "flash worm", which...
SecurityFocus have published workaround information that can be used to mitigate the bug until more information comes to hand. VigilantMinds has validated that hosts running fully patched versions of the following Microsoft operating systems remain...
According to Starnes, the published attack could easily be turned into another MSBlast or Code Red type "blended attack", which is where the worm has two distinct modules, one for spreading and the other containing a payload: "We have started...
The number of public alerts about software security flaws leveled off over the last six months, but worms continue to threaten the internet, according to a report security company Symantec released Monday.
Morris released the first internet worm - and was eventually sentenced to three years' probation, 400 hours of community service and a $10,000 fine. Computer worms and viruses cost us millions in lost productivity and are among the biggest...