Canis Lupus
06-09-2001, 09:28 PM
A program created to automatically overload Microsoft's Web and e-mail servers has been discovered on several corporate networks and may have spread further on the Internet, antivirus researchers said Friday.
"This is one of the trends that we are going to see more and more of: the crossover between the hacking and virus writing, and moving away from e-mail-borne worms," said Vincent Weafer, director of software maker Symantec's antivirus research center.
More details at ZDNet (http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5092411,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_tp_).
"This is one of the trends that we are going to see more and more of: the crossover between the hacking and virus writing, and moving away from e-mail-borne worms," said Vincent Weafer, director of software maker Symantec's antivirus research center.
More details at ZDNet (http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5092411,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_tp_).