A new worm materialized yesterday in the U.S. Pacific region and was continuing a slow circulation across the U.S. mainland last night in search of compromised computer systems. VeriSign engineers have been tracking increased Internet traffic on customers’ computer systems around the country since April 16th. The increase in suspicious activity through the week had Internet security experts bracing for what some analysts warned could be the next big worm attack worldwide.
New Worm Starts Crawling the Net
Posted by: Jack M. Germain April 28, 2004 10:06 AMA new worm materialized yesterday in the U.S. Pacific region and was continuing a slow circulation across the U.S. mainland last night in search of compromised computer systems. VeriSign engineers have been tracking increased Internet traffic on customers’ computer systems around the country since April 16th. The increase in suspicious activity through the week had Internet security experts bracing for what some analysts warned could be the next big worm attack worldwide.