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April 23rd, 2004, 07:13 PM
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IT Security Pro Fears Stronger, Super Worms Coming
The threat from malicious Internet worms is about to explode exponentially, a security expert said Thursday as he predicted release of an especially menacing "super worm" in the near future.
The next generation of mass-mailed worms will be even more dangerous than the current malware that plagues corporations and consumers, Chasin warned. Instead of relying on embedded SMTP engines to propagate from one machine to another, the newest threats will use their own peer-to-peer networking technology to not only proliferate but also to communicate with systems infected with other worms, creating a so-called "super worm" that could continue to mutate almost indefinitely.
Full article here:http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...c_cmp/18902844
Scary.
Jinxy
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