Security news
Security news2 February 2004
Information about W32/MyDoom-A, W32/MyDoom-B and Doomjuice internet worms
Sophos technical support has warned users of the W32/MyDoom-A and W32/MyDoom-B worms. SCO and Microsoft have announced rewards totalling $500,000 for information leading to the capture of those behind the worms.
Sophos is also warning users of the W32/Doomjuice-A worm, which attempts to infect computers hit by MyDoom-A.
MyDoom-A quick links:
MyDoom-B quick links:
Further information about MyDoom-A, MyDoom-B and Doomjuice:
- Doomjuice "plants evidence" on innocent computers. Is MyDoom author trying to hide in the crowd?
- Doomjuice worm attacks PCs hit by MyDoom-A
- Will MyDoom-B bring down Microsoft's website?
- Worm wipeout: SCO website disappears as MyDoom launches attack
- MyDoom-B author beware! Microsoft offers $250,000 bounty
- Sophos reports discovery of W32/MyDoom-B, set to attack Microsoft and SCO's websites from infected PCs
- SCO offers $250,000 reward for information leading to arrest of MyDoom's author
- MyDoom-A worm: the latest weapon in the Linux wars?
- MyDoom-A worm spreading fast, Sophos warns users to be wary of viral email and hacker attack
Please note: At the time of writing Sophos has received very few reports of W32/MyDoom-B from the wild, and does not believe it poses as high a threat as W32/MyDoom-A. Sophos suggests computer users sign up for email notification of new virus threats and add a live virus information feed to their websites.
