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07-28-2004, 07:27 PM
MyDoom Is Back, but DeepNines Doesn't Fear the Zero Day Attack
Wednesday July 28, 10:37 am ET
Revived Virus Wreaks Havoc, but Networks Protected By the DeepNines Security Platform Are Immune to the New Attacks
DALLAS, July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- When the MyDoom.m virus started making its rounds on Monday, it caused the same kind of trouble as it did earlier this year -- that is, for unprotected or unprepared networks. Those networks protected at the edge with the DeepNines Security Platform from DeepNines Technologies had nothing to fear.
This new version of MyDoom, called MyDoom.m, propagates through e-mail and file-sharing services. It was reinvented and clever enough to create Denial of Service issues to some of the most popular search engines for a short time. MyDoom.m clones itself by sending e-mails to addresses from address books and files. Then it generates large amounts of TCP traffic destined for some of the most popular search engines. This represents a blended threat -- in this case, a Zero Day DoS attack.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040728/daw034_1.html
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Wednesday July 28, 10:37 am ET
Revived Virus Wreaks Havoc, but Networks Protected By the DeepNines Security Platform Are Immune to the New Attacks
DALLAS, July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- When the MyDoom.m virus started making its rounds on Monday, it caused the same kind of trouble as it did earlier this year -- that is, for unprotected or unprepared networks. Those networks protected at the edge with the DeepNines Security Platform from DeepNines Technologies had nothing to fear.
This new version of MyDoom, called MyDoom.m, propagates through e-mail and file-sharing services. It was reinvented and clever enough to create Denial of Service issues to some of the most popular search engines for a short time. MyDoom.m clones itself by sending e-mails to addresses from address books and files. Then it generates large amounts of TCP traffic destined for some of the most popular search engines. This represents a blended threat -- in this case, a Zero Day DoS attack.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040728/daw034_1.html
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