Why Windows is a Security Nightmare

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Security in all mainstream operating systems is non-existent; however, things are especially bad for Windows. Windows happens to be the favourite target of worm and virus writers. Conventional wisdom suggests that the huge installed base of Windows helps spread the worms and viruses, and also makes it a highly attractive ...

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Witty Worm

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

A new worm has been discovered exploiting the ISS/PAM ICQ module vulnerability. The worm payload is contained in a single 1025-byte UDP packet with a fixed source port of 4000 and a random destination port. Only the first 470 bytes of the payload are the working code of the worm; ...

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