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Old 12-21-2004   #13
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Aha! This is what hit us.


Net worm using Google to spread

A Web worm that identifies potential victims by searching Google is spreading among online bulletin boards using a vulnerable version of the program phpBB, security professionals said on Tuesday.

The Santy worm uses a flaw in the widely used community forum software known as the PHP Bulletin Board (phpB to spread, according to updated analyses. The worm searches Google for sites using a vulnerable version of the software, antivirus firm Kaspersky said in a statement.

Almost 40,000 sites may have already been infected.


Rest of story here: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5499725.html


And, btw, we're back up. And the vulnerability patched! Whew!
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