Stuxnet Tricks Copied by Computer Criminals

[lotuseclat79]

Stuxnet Tricks Copied by Computer Criminals.

Techniques used by government-backed malware are surfacing in the code used by ordinary cyber criminals.

-- Tom

[ComputerSaysNo]

Well duh.. I'm surprised it took them this long.

[Rmus]

Copycats seem to emerge after a sensational malware attack. Remember Conficker?

Conficker copycats starting to appear
April 9, 2009
http://www.theemailadmin.com/2009/04...ing-to-appear/

The Neeris worm, which has been around for a while, has been updated to target the same MS08-067 Microsoft flaw that Conficker took advantage of. Like Conficker, Neeris downloads a copy of the worm onto the victim’s machine via HTTP, and then patches the system’s TCP/IP layer. Also like Conficker, Neeris spreads via the autorun function, and it adds an “Open folder to view files” Autoplay option.

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rich