Worm shuts down ALL Windows 2000 computers across the US?

[IBuyUFO]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: cjgallen
OMG people fighting for IBOOKS!!!

:laugh:

In Soviet Russia Ibooks fight people.

 

[Proletariat]

Originally posted by: NogginBoink
This is *so* two days ago.

(And trust me. I would know. Looks like another late night at the office.)

Same here. Had to help out IT with this worm. All the damn idiots running SP3.

GRRRR :|

 

[BuckNaked]

Originally posted by: gar3555

Originally posted by: fallenangel99
yeah.. what is up with cnn.com? it is the only news agency reporting that...

perhaps b/c it's not a big deal...at all. CNN has some problems...wah, wah...lets cause some world wide panic

Does CNN have a Job Opportunities page...? I see some IT job openings in the near future...

 

[Alkesh]

No wonder my sh!t got effed up at work.

 

[Joemonkey]

Actual link, it hit capital hill!

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

<conspiracy>Microsoft wrote it to for people to upgrade to XP/2003 server </conspiracy>

 

[thirdlegstump]

Glad I run the far secure and superior MacOS X. I think it's time for the missoin critical to UPGRADE to the Macintosh.

 

[kranky]

Mine's still wor

 

[Gibson486]

hmmmm, maybe this is why rescue me is on premium cable and not basic cable in the boston area......does comcast use Windows

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: deathkoba
Glad I run the far secure and superior MacOS X. I think it's time for the missoin critical to UPGRADE to the Macintosh.

STFU no0btroll.

And there's a couple thousand W2K systems across the LAN/WAN here that say "That ain't so."

- M4H

 

[Vertimus]

Originally posted by: deathkoba
Glad I run the far secure and superior MacOS X. I think it's time for the missoin critical to UPGRADE to the Macintosh.

Linux pwns mac anyday.

 

[SleepWalkerX]

Originally posted by: Vertimus

Originally posted by: deathkoba
Glad I run the far secure and superior MacOS X. I think it's time for the missoin critical to UPGRADE to the Macintosh.

Linux pwns mac anyday.

^Tru.d4t

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: SleepWalkerX

Originally posted by: Vertimus

Originally posted by: deathkoba
Glad I run the far secure and superior MacOS X. I think it's time for the missoin critical to UPGRADE to the Macintosh.

Linux pwns mac anyday.

^Tru.d4t

And BSD pwns Linux

- M4H

 

[sniperruff]

Originally posted by: kranky
Mine's still wor

uh-oh

 

[hx009]

Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
<conspiracy>Microsoft wrote it to for people to upgrade to XP/2003 server </conspiracy>

Except that it affects unpatched XP as well

While the worm affects primarily Windows 2000, it also can affect some early versions of Microsoft XP, said Johannes Ullrich, chief technology officer of the Sans Institute, a network security firm based in Jacksonville, Florida.

Source article from Joemonkey

 

[FrustratedUser]

Mine is still running.

 

[dmcowen674]

Yahoo is now down.

Microsoft in 'emergency response' as worm reported on three continents

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Yahoo is now down.

Microsoft in 'emergency response' as worm reported on three continents

heh, it will only get worse.

Just as predicted in the security community the time between patch released and worm in the wild is shrinking. The so called zero day worms are just around the corner (worms released the same day the vulnerability is released)

 

[hx009]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Yahoo is now down.

Microsoft in 'emergency response' as worm reported on three continents

Yahoo.com works just fine here.... as far as I know most of it doesn't run Win2k (or any windows varaint thereof) at all.

 

[flexy]

we have one w200 box at work and now i know why this was the only box (amongst the XP PCs) which got a security update today.

Not that it matters - those comps are frickin slow and most of the time (in addition to slw hardware) stupid NAV rtvscan eats 99% of CPU power scanning for viruses I dont think that a worm can do more damage there..lol.

 

[flexy]

Originally posted by: gar3555
I just checked my win2k box...still running fine...this post is coming from it

i see something attached to it..what it is ? Hold on..i'll click on it to check

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: deathkoba
Glad I run the far secure and superior MacOS X. I think it's time for the missoin critical to UPGRADE to the Macintosh.

:roll:


National Cyber Alert System

Technical Cyber Security Alert TA05-229A


Apple Mac Products are Affected by Multiple Vulnerabilities

Original release date: August 17, 2005
Last revised: --
Source: US-CERT


Systems Affected

* Apple Mac OS X version 10.3.9 (Panther) and version 10.4.2 (Tiger)
* Apple Mac OS X Server version 10.3.9 and version 10.4.2
* Apple Safari web browser

Please see Apple Security Update 2005-007 for further information.


Overview

Apple has released Security Update 2005-007 to address multiple
vulnerabilities affecting Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Safari web
browser, and other products. The most serious of these vulnerabilities
may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Impacts of
other vulnerabilities include bypassing security restrictions and
denial of service.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

I love Norton.

I was interning at Stanford this one summer. This was the same summer when the Blaster worm hit. LoL. We couldn't get jack done. IT for our department was out for a week and all hell broke loose. We got nothing done and over half of the campus' computers got infected.... Fun.

 

[Rubycon]

Mission Critical runs neither Windows nor Mac FYI.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: C6FT7
Mission Critical runs neither Windows nor Mac FYI.

True, no way would you run mission critical on those.