Early warning last week about increased signs of a possible superworm in the making may have slowed down a new attack on the Internet. But evidence continues to grow, according to a VeriSign security officer, of a major new denial-of-service attack to be mounted from thousands of already-infected computer systems. Charles Kaplan, MSS information security officer for VeriSign, told TechNewsWorld yesterday that a new worm with marching orders for some major Internet activity should be evident within the next few days.
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Windows Attack Code Surfaces, Foretells Worm
Posted by: Jack M. Germain April 26, 2004 12:45 PMEarly warning last week about increased signs of a possible superworm in the making may have slowed down a new attack on the Internet. But evidence continues to grow, according to a VeriSign security officer, of a major new denial-of-service attack to be mounted from thousands of already-infected computer systems. Charles Kaplan, MSS information security officer for VeriSign, told TechNewsWorld yesterday that a new worm with marching orders for some major Internet activity should be evident within the next few days.