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Worm Defined
Independent program that replicates from machine to machine across network connections often clogging networks and information systems as it spreads.
(I) A computer program that can run independently, can propagate a complete working version of itself onto other hosts on a network, and may consume computer resources destructively. (See: Morris Worm, virus.)
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Mon Nov 17
- Cisco Security Notice: Cisco Security Notice: W32.BLASTER Worm Mitigation Recommendation s: Cisco customers are currently experiencing attacks due to a new worm that is active on the Internet. The signature of this worm appears as UDP traffic to port 69 and high volumes of TCP traffic to port 135 and 4444. Affected customers have been experiencing high volumes of traffic from both internal and external systems. Symptoms on Cisco devices include, but are not limited to high CPU and traffic drops on the input interfaces. This document focuses on both mitigation techniques and affected Cisco products which need software supplied by Cisco to patch properly.
- Computer Worms: Computer Worms wreak havoc by exploiting security loopholes and flaws in software design to propagate from one machine to another. Worms are different than a traditional virus in that they don?t spread by modifying programs on a single system, but rather by searching for and implanting destructive code onto other systems.
- Worm - What Is a Computer Worm?: Computer worms are malicious software applications designed to spread via computer networks. Computer worms easily penetrate most firewalls and other network security measures.
- HowStuffWorks "Computer Worms": Worms can copy themselves from machine to machine. Learn about the Code Red worm, how worms exploit security holes and the damage worms can cause.
- Saiba o que são e como agem os antivírus fraudulentos: http://g1.glob o.com/Noticias /Tecnologia/0, ,MUL864211-617 4,00.html
Sun Nov 16
- MS08-067 worms squirming in the wild | Zero Day | ZDNet.com: Staying on top of the latest in software/hardw are security research, vulnerabilitie s, threats and computer attacks.
- http://www.amy stewart.com/im ages/worm-nigh tcrawler.jpg
Sat Nov 15
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