Posted by Ryan Naraine @ 10:42 am
Categories: Patch Watch, Zero-day attacks, Microsoft, Browsers, Rootkits, Spam and Phishing, Spyware and Adware, Exploit code, Data theft, Arbitrary Code Execution, Malware
Tags: Denial Of Service, Worm, Attack, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Security, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
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First came Microsoft's emergency patch. Then the public release of reliable exploit code. Now, virus hunters are reporting two new in-the-wild worms exploiting the critical MS08-067 vulnerability.
The worms, intercepted on Chinese-language versions of Windows, are being used to install a Trojan downloader, a denial-of-service bot and a rootkit to maintain stealthy presence on infected machines.
