Riding On Open Code, Bagle Worm Returns
The Bagle worm is rearing its head again, back for another crack at the unprotected masses.
Source: Internet NewsSecurity firms such as McAfee, Sophos, Symantec, F-secure, PandaLabs, TrendMicro and Kaspersky Labs are all reporting on the emergence of new Bagle virus variants that are proliferating in the wild.
There are likely two different variants that are new, experts said, though each respective security firm uses its own naming convention so the actual number of newly named variants across the different firms is greater. The latest variants have been labeled the Bagle.BJ virus (McAfee), W32/Bagle.bk@MM (McAfee and PandaLabs) Bagle.AY (F-Secure and Sophos), W32.Beagle.AZ@mm (Symantec), Win32.Bagle.ax (Kaspersky),WORM_BAGLE.AZ (Trend Micro), Win32.Bagle.AU (Computer Associates) and Bagle.BL (PandaLabs).
Many security firms have raised the threat level for the variants from moderate to severe or critical, as more instances of the rapidly spreading worm are reported. As is typical with variants of the Bagle family of worms, the polymorphic malicious code reaches user inboxes via a spoofed sender e-mail address, with a random subject line taken from a long list of choices and with random message content.
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