Although law enforcement officials have arrested two men they believe wrote the Mytob and Zotob worms, one security expert said there may not be much enterprises can do to stop such infections from striking again. The worms, which infected servers and PCs running Windows 2000, struck at ABC, American Express, CNN, Daimler-Chrysler, The New York Times and Visa, among others, beginning Aug. 14. The worm exploited a security hole that allowed remote control of the infected machine. Microsoft had issued a plug days earlier.
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Analyst Hopes Zotob Arrests Will Curb Worm Attacks
Posted by: Susan B. Shor August 30, 2005 08:19 AMAlthough law enforcement officials have arrested two men they believe wrote the Mytob and Zotob worms, one security expert said there may not be much enterprises can do to stop such infections from striking again. The worms, which infected servers and PCs running Windows 2000, struck at ABC, American Express, CNN, Daimler-Chrysler, The New York Times and Visa, among others, beginning Aug. 14. The worm exploited a security hole that allowed remote control of the infected machine. Microsoft had issued a plug days earlier.