An increase in suspicious activity last weekend has Internet security experts bracing for what some analysts warn could be the next big worm attack worldwide. Virus monitors spent the weekend watching an increased level of activity that experts said could be the start of a Blaster-like attack. A spokesperson for VeriSign engineers told TechNewsWorld late Friday that new worm-propagated exploits were already exposed for the ASN.1 and the LSASS Microsoft Windows vulnerabilities.
VeriSign Reports Massive Worm in the Works
Posted by: Jack M. Germain April 19, 2004 07:56 AMAn increase in suspicious activity last weekend has Internet security experts bracing for what some analysts warn could be the next big worm attack worldwide. Virus monitors spent the weekend watching an increased level of activity that experts said could be the start of a Blaster-like attack. A spokesperson for VeriSign engineers told TechNewsWorld late Friday that new worm-propagated exploits were already exposed for the ASN.1 and the LSASS Microsoft Windows vulnerabilities.