SCO - the firm currently suing everyone and everything (including Big Blue - IBM) that use Linux - is offering a reward of $250.000 for information leading to the arrest of the person(s) responsible for the latest Internet worm (MyDoom).
The worm targets SCO's website with dos attacks from the infected machines, effectively bringing SCO's site down to a grind.
Messagelabs said that by tuesday 1 in 12 emails was infected with MyDoom.
MyDoom doesnt exploit any tricky flaws like Blaster did, its just a regular e-mail attachment worm, which makes you wonder when people learn not to open them...
Story at News.com
Note: Some words about the MyDoom worm
The worm targets SCO's website with dos attacks from the infected machines, effectively bringing SCO's site down to a grind.
Messagelabs said that by tuesday 1 in 12 emails was infected with MyDoom.
MyDoom doesnt exploit any tricky flaws like Blaster did, its just a regular e-mail attachment worm, which makes you wonder when people learn not to open them...
Story at News.com
Note: Some words about the MyDoom worm
