Universities warned of Storm Worm attacks

Universities warned of Storm Worm attacks
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2007-08-15

Colleges and universities have come under attack by Storm Worm botnets following attempts to detect infections through vulnerability scanning, a response center for academic networks stated last week.

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Universities warned of Storm Worm attacks 2007-08-15
Ed

So what exactly was the "scanning"? Open ports, file dates, file versions, OS detection through crafted ICMP, WMI queries...?

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