It seems that our hacker troubles are not over yet....
AND ITS BEING DISTRIBUTED BY THE CHINESE?????????????
Hackers Pass Out New Software For Attacks
By Ted Bridis, AP
7:59 PM EST Tues., Sept. 16, 2003
Security researchers on Tuesday detected hackers distributing software to break into computers using flaws announced last week in some versions of
Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system.
The threat from this new vulnerability - which already has drawn stern warnings from the Homeland Security Department - is remarkably similar to one
that allowed the Blaster virus to infect hundreds of thousands of computers last month.
The discovery gives fresh impetus for tens of millions of Windows users - inside corporations and in their homes - to immediately apply a free
repairing patch from Microsoft. Homeland Security officials have warned that attacks could result in a "significant impact" on the operation of the
Internet.
Researchers from iDefense Inc. of Reston, Va., who found the new attack software being distributed from a Chinese Web site, said it was already being
used to break into vulnerable computers and implant eavesdropping programs. They said they expect widespread attacks similar to the Blaster infection
within days.
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