Two new computer worms have security experts both worried and wondering. One new virus is now capable of monitoring a network to steal passwords or other information, and another virus can hijack the voice capabilities of Windows XP to announce its presence to users. Experts agreed that the network monitoring or “sniffing” capability displayed in the SDBot worm variant was a progression of worm-writing technology and a troubling sign that network data is at increased risk.
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Latest Worms Perform New, Troubling Tricks
Posted by: Jay Lyman September 14, 2004 10:17 AMTwo new computer worms have security experts both worried and wondering. One new virus is now capable of monitoring a network to steal passwords or other information, and another virus can hijack the voice capabilities of Windows XP to announce its presence to users. Experts agreed that the network monitoring or “sniffing” capability displayed in the SDBot worm variant was a progression of worm-writing technology and a troubling sign that network data is at increased risk.