An established, clandestine network of compromised computers could become the launching pad for a superworm that would have a massive impact on the Internet. The malware network was created by an unpublicized Trojan — a malicious program that poses as a benign one — called Sinit, which has already infected hundreds of thousands of computers, according to a report released Monday by Clearswift, a UK-based maker of software for managing and securing communications.
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Secret Trojan Network Could Produce Superworm
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. January 15, 2004 07:28 AMAn established, clandestine network of compromised computers could become the launching pad for a superworm that would have a massive impact on the Internet. The malware network was created by an unpublicized Trojan — a malicious program that poses as a benign one — called Sinit, which has already infected hundreds of thousands of computers, according to a report released Monday by Clearswift, a UK-based maker of software for managing and securing communications.