Its for real. Funny thing is, this worm launches DOS attacks with 5K ICMP packets against anti-virus websites.... Hmmmm.... Seems like you would want to attack websites of people less prepared and less knowledgeable about virus detection and DOS attacks. But then, I really don't know much about writing worms and DOS attacks, so what do I know???
Jeffrey A. McCright, A+ 816-210-3107 [email protected]
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OpenOffice worm Badbunny hops across operating systems By Munir Kotadia
Malicious software, spreading through OpenOffice documents, "can infect Windows, Linux and Mac OS X systems," Symantec says.
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