The Chee
12-28-2004, 08:18 PM
BEIJING, Dec. 29 (Xinhuanet) -- The Santy worm with variants continues spreading on the Internet taking advantage of search engines, including Google, AOL, Yahoo to identify exploitable Web pages.
The flaw exploited by the most recent versions of the worm such as Santy.C or Santy.E is more general than the original, and can occur anywhere a site designer has left the door open for the inclusion of arbitrary files into PHP scripts, reports IDG News Service.
InformationWeek reports, "Dubbed Santy.e, the worm differs significantly from its predecessors, said Moscow-based Kaspersky Labs in an alert.
IT managers are advised to look to security providers such as Symantec to find appropriate responses and end users are urged to follow the recommended steps from their security providers.
Taken from here (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/29/content_2389719.htm)
Do update your antivirus please, especially if you do online transactions etc
The flaw exploited by the most recent versions of the worm such as Santy.C or Santy.E is more general than the original, and can occur anywhere a site designer has left the door open for the inclusion of arbitrary files into PHP scripts, reports IDG News Service.
InformationWeek reports, "Dubbed Santy.e, the worm differs significantly from its predecessors, said Moscow-based Kaspersky Labs in an alert.
IT managers are advised to look to security providers such as Symantec to find appropriate responses and end users are urged to follow the recommended steps from their security providers.
Taken from here (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/29/content_2389719.htm)
Do update your antivirus please, especially if you do online transactions etc