Witty Extinction

Witty Extinction
Kelly Martin, 2004-04-07

The Witty worm set a dangerous precedent on the Internet because it introduced a number of evil new "firsts" in the ever-changing world of modern worms and viruses.

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But they WEREN'T current with their patches... 2004-04-07
InvisiBill

Witty Extinction 2004-04-07
Matthew Murphy

Witty Extinction 2004-04-08
Anonymous

Witty Extinction 2004-04-08
Leonidas

Witty Extinction 2004-04-08
Anonymous Coward

Let's not allow ISS to rewrite history..... 2004-04-08
carter_ronin

DiD is the key 2004-04-09
Anonymous (1 replies)

DiD is the key 2004-04-15
Reality

Witty Extinction 2004-04-13
Anonymous

The information often presented in the example of website defacement is that many attacks are performed through unreleased vulnerabilities (www.zone-h.org). Who's to say that such a worm didn't take longer to develop, but it's release nicely coincided with the release of the vulnerability? Just because a vulnerability is not released *really* doesn't mean that no one has found it.

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ISS not to be blamed 2004-04-14
Mohammed Abdel Kader