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OpenSSL worm in the news
The OpenSSL worm, has been referred to in various reports as
Apache/mod_ssl worm, linux.slapper.worm, bugtraq.c worm and Modap worm.
Please check out last week's security page
for more information.
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This week CNET continued their coverage with a report that the worm "has reached a plateau after infecting about 7,000 servers and turning the hosts into a peer-to-peer network that could be used to attack other computers."
Personal Computer World covers the recent Slapper C varient "which, has infected 1,500 servers already and is spreading, although a source point has not been identified at this time."
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