'Gumblar' Attacks Spreading Quickly
According to the folks at C|Net, the malicious code known as Gumblar is spreading rapidly. While I know this is no laughing matter, I find it hard to take anything named Gumblar serious. Who names these **** things? Conficker? Gumblar? It's like these guys have a speech impediment or something.
According to the folks at C|Net, the malicious code known as Gumblar is spreading rapidly. While I know this is no laughing matter, I find it hard to take anything named Gumblar serious. Who names these **** things? Conficker? Gumblar? It's like these guys have a speech impediment or something.
The attacks, collectively referred to as "Gumblar" by ScanSafe and "Troj/JSRedir-R" by Sophos, grew 188 percent over the course of a week, ScanSafe said late last week. The Gumblar infections accounted for 42 percent of all infections found on Web sites last week, Sophos said.
