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by DJGM » Tue 24 Aug, 2004 6:02 am
Just when you thought virus writers couldn't be any more brazen . . .
For TheRegister.co.uk, John Leyden wrote:Meet the Peeping Tom worm
By John Leyden
Published Monday 23rd August 2004 14:56 GMT
A worm that has the capability to using webcams
to spy on users is circulating across the Net.
Rbot-GR, the latest variant of a prolific worm series, spreads via network
shares, exploiting a number of Microsoft security vulnerabilities to drop a
backdoor Trojan horse program on vulnerable machines as it propagates.
Whatever next . . . ?!?
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by Al » Tue 24 Aug, 2004 3:33 pm
DJGM wrote:Just when you thought virus writers couldn't be any more brazen . . .
For TheRegister.co.uk, John Leyden wrote:Meet the Peeping Tom worm
By John Leyden
Published Monday 23rd August 2004 14:56 GMT
A worm that has the capability to using webcams
to spy on users is circulating across the Net.
Rbot-GR, the latest variant of a prolific worm series, spreads via network
shares, exploiting a number of Microsoft security vulnerabilities to drop a
backdoor Trojan horse program on vulnerable machines as it propagates.
Whatever next . . . ?!?
The full article is at TheRegister . . .
This is not good
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