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Irony Of The Day: Worm Says Worm Writer Nabbed

Via TechWeb News.

A worm now spreading gives new meaning to the word "irony," a security firm said Tuesday, since the malware spreads by, among other things, posing as a message about the "arrest" of the MyDoom author.

According to U.K. message filtering firm Sophos, the Kedebe.f worm, which is bundled with mail as an attachment, uses a slew of social engineering-style subject heading and message text to fool users into opening the file, including one that poses as mail about the "arrest" of the MyDoom author.

"Author of MyDoom has been ARRESTED!" blares the subject head, said Sophos in its online alert, with the rest of the message reading "Hey, this is to tell you that the author of the Internet Worm 'MyDoom' has been arrested by Microsoft today. He is an OLD MAN, about 50s."

The MyDoom author (or authors) has yet to be found, although rewards totally $500,000 were posted by Microsoft and the SCO Group in early 2004, not long after the destructive -- and still prevalent -- worm debuted.

posted by Fergie @ 6/28/2005 11:17:00 AM