Blaster Redux? SSL Worm Threat Rising

Security experts have spotted the first signs of a Blaster-like worm circulating underground, prompting fears that major Internet disruptions could be less than a week away.

Anti-virus firms on Wednesday warned of abnormal port-scanning activity and evidence of a backdoor Trojan infecting machines through a known vulnerability in Microsoft IIS servers. And, as was the case when the Blaster virus hammered corporate networks last August, a patch for the flaw has already been issued by Microsoft.

Source: InternetNews