Mac.Simpson Virus      
A mass mailing email worm targeting Macintosh computers directs the infected user's browser to an online archive of the popular U.S. television show, "The Simpsons".
 
Slapper Worm Gets Facelift      
Unix-based BBS admins or bloggers beware - the Linux Slapper worm has been given a facelift and this time you're the target. The worm exploits a vulnerability in xmlrpc.php, a file commonly included in BBS and weblog software. A second exploit lies in a vulerability in AWStats, a web hit statistics package. A third exploit leverages a flaw in WebHints, which can lead to remote system access.
 
Linux Users Beware the Lion      
March 23, 2001: The SANS Institute's Global Incident Analysis Center has issued an alert warning of a Linux worm similar to the Ramen virus but significantly more dangerous. The Lion worm affects Linux machines running the BIND DNS server, versions 8.2, 8.2-P1, 8.2.1, 8.2.2-Px, and all 8.2.3-betas.
 
Winux: Two in One Virus      
The first Windows, Linux cross-platform virus discovered
 
How to Stop Email-borne Viruses      
Keep SirThe SirCam virus continues to flow into users' inboxes, disrupting normal email use and increasing the likelihood of infection. One frustrated couple in Australia reported that SirCam attachments were coming in at such a high rate they were quickly exceeding the 15Mb limit imposed by their ISP. To reduce the bandwidth consumption and keep their mailbox below capacity, the enterprising couple had resorted to logging into their account hourly via the web mail interface, deleting any SirCam emails before accessing their account through their regular mail client. (Attempts to persuade their ISP to block the sender had failed, as had attempts to email the sender). Cam and other viruses out of email
 
Content Filtering Comes to DVD      
Maybe the "on/off" button and adult/child dialogue are too low-tech for parents concerned about sexual and scatological references in home-viewed Hollywood films. But it was probably inevitable that content-filtering technology would come to home DVD players, and it has, if in some fairly limited ways.
 
PrettyPark      
Spread via email as an attched file named PrettyPark.exe. The file will have the icon of a South Park cartoon character. If executed, the worm first installs itself to the Windows\System directory as FILES32.VXD and then sends a copy of itself to all addresses listed in the Outlook/Outlook Express address book. It also sends passwords and system information via IRC. PrettyPark modifies the registry to allow it to run each time any .EXE file is run. Thus, if the worm (FILES32.VXD) is deleted without correcting the registry entry, other .EXE files on the system will no longer run. While installing to system the worm copies itself to \Windows\System\ directory as FILES32.VXD file and then modifies the Registry to be run each time any EXE file starts when Windows is active. The worm does this by modifying an EXE file startup command key in the . The key name is and it is associated with the worm file (FILES32.VXD file that was created in the Windows system folder). If the FILES32.VXD file is deleted and Registry is not corrected, the EXE files would not start any more.
 
Ramen      
F-Secure reports that Ramen is an Internet worm, which propagates from a Linux based server to another. It works in a similar way as the Morris Worm that was widespread in 1989. Ramen affects systems running default installations of Red Hat Linux 6.2 and 7.0. It attempts to infect the system by exploiting two know security vulnerabilities. If the worm gets access to the vulnerable host, it will replace the default page of the web server to one that contains the following text: RameN Crew - Hackers looooooooooooove noodles.
 
Melissa      
W97M/Melissa was initially distributed in an internet discussion group called alt.sex. The virus was sent in a file called LIST.DOC, which contained passwords for X-rated websites. When users downloaded the file and opened it in Microsoft Word, a macro inside the document executed and e-mailed the LIST.DOC file to 50 people listed in the user's e-mail alias file ("address book").
 
Brador Trojan infects Pocket PC      
Antivirus vendor Kaspersky is warning of a new Trojan impacting Pocket PCs running Windows CE and and newer versions of Windows Mobile. The Trojan, dubbed Backdoor.WinCE.Brador.a, or simply Brador, creates a file named svchost.exe in the Windows Startup folder on the Pocket PC, allowing it to gain control whenever the device is started. According to Kaspersky Labs, Brador sends the IP address of the infected Pocket PC to the virus writer, alerting him/her to the fact that the backdoor on the infected device is active. The Brador backdoor then listens on port 2989 for commands from the Trojan author, which could allow the author to upload and run further malicious code.
 
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