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VIRTUALISATION Storm continues as USA declares war on Iran
VIRTUALISATION Storm continues as USA declares war on Iran | Storm continues as USA declares war on Iran |
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| by Davey Winder | |
| Thursday, 10 July 2008 | |
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It was security vendor McAfee which first christened the Storm worm Nuwar as a result of the "Nuclear WAR in USA!" subject line of the emails that distributed it when it first appeared. After many other variations on many other themes, it seems that the war scare mongering strategy is firmly back on the malware agenda. Featured Whitepaper
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Well, it says it does. What it actually does is kick off a download of a file called iran_occupation.exe which in turn infects your machine with the Storm worm. McAfee reports that the Storm bait pages are currently being hosted on a number of fast-flux domains to add authenticity to the news reports and lure the unsuspecting into viewing the video. These domains include:
The .com part of each domain has been protected above in an attempt to prevent the inherently stupid from cut and paste browsing to go take a look. I seriously suggest you do not do this as the domains host a veritable cocktails of exploits that will attempt to infect all but the most strongly fortified of computers. McAfee has provided the details of those domains for the benefit of "administrators to take pro-active measures and block access to the rouge domains." How does Nuwar lure people into clicking on that video clip? Find out on the next page... CONTINUES |
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