Following the same pattern of predictions as the one that led to last month’s devastating Blaster worm, security analysts have begun to focus on the new crop of Microsoft Windows vulnerabilities and the attack tools created to take advantage of them — all of which could indicate that a potential new family of computer worms is in the works. One week after Microsoft warned of new vulnerabilities in Windows’ Remote Procedure Call protocol, attack code already is being circulated on the Internet.
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Windows Attack Tools Circulate, Another Virus Feared
Posted by: Jay Lyman September 17, 2003 09:57 AMFollowing the same pattern of predictions as the one that led to last month’s devastating Blaster worm, security analysts have begun to focus on the new crop of Microsoft Windows vulnerabilities and the attack tools created to take advantage of them — all of which could indicate that a potential new family of computer worms is in the works. One week after Microsoft warned of new vulnerabilities in Windows’ Remote Procedure Call protocol, attack code already is being circulated on the Internet.