Some malware that packs an unusual assortment of tools for mischief and has infected thousands of computers on the Internet is being watched closely by security experts. Although the “Phatbot” or “Polybot” program currently poses a low risk to online systems, its potential for devilry prompted the U.S. Department of Homeland Security last week to issue an alert about the malware to a select group of computer experts. “It’s fairly widespread, but it hasn’t reached epidemic levels,” Tony Magallanez, a system engineer with F-Secure, a security firm in San Jose, California, told TechNewsWorld.
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Malware Writers Target P2P Networks with Phatbot and Polybot Variants
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. March 18, 2004 07:23 AMSome malware that packs an unusual assortment of tools for mischief and has infected thousands of computers on the Internet is being watched closely by security experts. Although the “Phatbot” or “Polybot” program currently poses a low risk to online systems, its potential for devilry prompted the U.S. Department of Homeland Security last week to issue an alert about the malware to a select group of computer experts. “It’s fairly widespread, but it hasn’t reached epidemic levels,” Tony Magallanez, a system engineer with F-Secure, a security firm in San Jose, California, told TechNewsWorld.