-----Original Message----- From: NIPC Watch [mailto:nipcwatch@private] Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 7:32 AM To: Cyber Threats Subject: [Cyber_threats] Daily News 10/22/02 October 21, Kaspersky Lab Worm.Pepex fakes IE security patch. Kapersky Labs reports that Pepex is a dangerous worm spreading via the Internet as an attachment in an e-mail message with the following subject: "Internet Explorer vulnerability patch." It is also spreading through the Kazaa network and IRC channels. The worm activates from infected emails when a user clicks on the attached file. Pepex then installs itself to the system and runs its spreading routines. Source: http://www.net-security.org/virus_item.php?id=4369 October 21, Panda Software Panda Software has issued a report on Opaserv.E, a new e-mail worm. Panda Software's technical support services, the company's Virus Laboratory, and Panda ActiveScan, the online virus scanner, have all been recording incidents involving a new worm, Opaserv.E (W32/Opaserv.E). This malicious code is particularly adept at spreading across networks, which makes it especially dangerous for corporate environments. Source: http://www.pandasoftware.com/library/ _______________________________________________ Cyber_Threats mailing list Cyber_Threats@listserv http://listserv.infragard.org/mailman/listinfo/cyber_threats
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