LATimes: Agent.BTZ Might be Concerted Cyber-Attack
The Los Angeles Times reports that the reports about the Agent.BTZ worm spreading to the U.S Army networks might be a coordinated attacks originating from Russia[1]. The U.S Central Command is now infected with the worm and a high-classified network has been hit also. It is unclear if the author of the article thinks that […]
U.S Army Infected by Worm
Wired reports that the U.S Army network is under assault by a variant of the SillyFDC worm called Agent-BTZ [1]. In order to restrain the infection, the U.S. Strategic Command has ban the use of every portable media on its network, this include USB keys, CDs, flash cards, floppies etc… Both the SIPRNet and NIPRNet […]
First Internet Worm is 20 years old Sunday
In 1988, the computer world faced a new cyber menace that is still very well alive today. The first computer worm, written by a student called Robert Tappan Morris. From Wikipedia: “The original intent, according to him, was to gauge the size of the Internet. He released the worm from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology […]