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Article: Network Engines' Issues Prescriptive Security Alert and Recommendation Re: Zotob, Seven New Threats Uncovered.
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- Business Wire
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- August 18, 2005
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CANTON, Mass. -- Network Engines, a leading OEM appliance partner for Microsoft security solutions, in partnership with its NICE technology partners, has identified two more versions of Zotob. We are now tracking seven (7) Zotob permutations that are exploiting the PnP vulnerability. The worms are all based on versatile attack programs, known as bot software, which have added the ability to spread via a flaw in Microsoft's Windows Plug-and-Play functionality. Several bot programs had incorporated the code to exploit the flaw late last week, and starting with the Zotob worm, began adding the ability to automatically find and infect systems by last weekend. As of yesterday ...