Investigations into recent increases in port 5000 scans have revealed the existence of two new worms: Bobax and Kibuv.
The W32/Bobax-A worm, which employs the same Microsoft security vulnerability as the Sasser worm to break into computers, uses port 5000 to identify Windows XP systems (the port used for “Universal Plug and Play”). According to the Sophos Web site, this new worm “is capable of turning infected computers into spam factories and launchpads for denial-of-service attacks against Web sites.”
Didn’t the schmucks that wrote these learn from the last 6 that were arrested for the Sasser worm? Hopefully the attack will be limited due to cleanup efforts from the Sasser worm. -KingFish
Source: ZDNet
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