The mass-mailing MyDoom virus has become the fastest spreading program to date and the damage could continue for months or years.
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When opened, the virus installs a stealth program on the victim’s computer that opens up a software “back door.” Attackers can then bypass the PC’s security and turn the system into a bounce point, or proxy, for any network-based attack.
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The virus has programmed infected PCs to send data to the SCO Group’s Web server between Feb. 1 and Feb. 12.
So what if SCO, litigious as they seem to be, decided to sue MSFT for any costs associated with the DoS attack, since MSFT operating systems’ well-known security issues made it possible? I wouldn’t be at all surprised if they tried to get PC owners names from ISPs, based on the source addresses of the packets, forged or not. But one target looms larger than any other . . . . .
[Posted with ecto]