[Am-info] New York Times Hit By Nimda Worm Variant

[John Poltorak]

On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 11:42:10AM -0500, Fred A. Miller wrote:
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> New York Times Hit By Nimda Worm Variant
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> The New York Times became a victim of an Internet worm attack that
> knocked out Internet access for its editorial staff for four hours. 
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> was restored only after software patches were applied.
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> http://computerworld.com/nlt/1%2C3590%2CNAV65-663_STO65249_NLTSEC%2C00.html

I like this bit:-

Usnik wouldn't comment "for security reasons" on what operating systems, 
software or patches were used. 

How dumb is this guy?

Can anyone name *two* operating systems vulnerable to this worm?

OK, I know Windows NT, Windows 2000 probably Windows XP.

I'll rephrase that.

Can anyone name *two* operating systems vulnerable to this worm, one of 
which is not developed by Microsoft?

Also.. 

Can anyone name *two* Web servers vulnerable to this worm, one of 
which is not developed by Microsoft?


Mr Usnik is keeping things very secure by making it ever so hard to guess 
the New York Times are running. Yeah right...


 
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John