Cynical, Suicidal, Pathetic, Deranged
The worm W32/Kukoo-A was written by someone who is ostensibly screaming out for help. The author claims to wish for a visit from the Grim Reaper with a certain pathos in the choice of words:
However, the worm uses social engineering on multiple levels in order to get the hapless victim to execute it:
If the option to hide known extensions is chosen (not recommended but part of the default configuration) in Explorer, it is clear that the worm’s attempt to masquerade as a standard Windows folder with interesting content is quite effective.
One can perhaps conclude that the author has cynically taken advantage of human pity to further some pathetic ambition. The author has quite possibly gone a bit “Kukoo” in my opinion.
Posted on August 14th, 2007 by SKM, SophosLabs UKFiled under: General
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