Pipeline Worm Floods AIM With Botnet Drones 196
Several reader write about a new AIM threat
dubbed the "AIM Pipeline Worm" that uses a sophisticated network of "chained" executables to attack the end user. Security Focus has a brief note. One anonymous reader writes: "Using this method, there is no starting point for the attack — a malicious link via IM can send you to any given file, at which point the path of infection you take depends entirely on the file you start off with. The hackers can then decide which order to install malicious software, depending on their needs at the time. At a bare minimum, you will become a Botnet Zombie — if you're really lucky, you might be Trojaned, have a Rootkit installed on your PC, and be used for spam, file storage, and DOS attacks. Unlike similar attacks that have been attempted in the past, the removal of a file from the chain will not stop the attack — you will simply end up with something else installed instead, in the form of a randomly named executable dumped in your system32 folder. You'll still spam an infection link to all your contacts."
i love it... (Score:5, Funny)
the internet is a wonderful place
Good thing it's AIM ... (Score:3, Funny)
Now I have more reason than ever to install trillian/gaim on newb computers.
Not to Worry (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Good thing it's AIM ... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Simple risk mitigation (Score:4, Funny)
Re:And the lesson is... (Score:3, Funny)
Which company is that? I just want to be sure to avoid working there ever.
using aim (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I am sorry if I don't yawn (Score:4, Funny)
Sounds perfectly sane to me.
Re:Not to Worry (Score:3, Funny)
Senator Ted Stevens responds:
Yes, but you see, the tubes are connected to pipes, and those pipes are connected to larger pipes, and then there are canals, and dams and reservoirs, and other things that are even more complex and convoluted. So you can see by my use of the words "complex" and "convoluted", that it's all terribly complicated. But you are right about one thing: thank God it's not a tube-line attack - I don't know if that's the right word or not - but the tubes, they are the most important part of all the Internets, because that's where we access them, and by "we", I mean me and you.
Next question?
I love these kinds of attacks (Score:2, Funny)
Re:i love it... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I love these kinds of attacks (Score:3, Funny)
Re:i love it... (Score:2, Funny)
It would have to be marketed as "Tight-fit Performance Pro" or hidden in with macho words like "Maximum Super-Shrunk Thunderbolt" or something like that!
Re:i love it... (Score:3, Funny)
Ah, the 36-count jumbo box... I believe the name for that sized box is "The don't-have-a-Family Pack".
fuckers stole my system32 folder (Score:3, Funny)
Re:i love it... (Score:0, Funny)
Re:And the lesson is... (Score:3, Funny)