RE: why the nimda upsurge again?

From: James (james@james-web.net)
Date: Mon Dec 03 2001 - 18:22:04 PST

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    - James
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Jose Nazario [mailto:joseat_private] 
    Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 1:27 PM
    To: incidentsat_private
    Subject: why the nimda upsurge again?
    
    
    in the past week or two i have noticed a strong upsurge in nimda probes
    and requests, and i know i'm not alone in this. while the bulk of the
    requests are local (given the mechanism it uses for addressing), several
    are from outside our network. there is no similar rise appearant in code
    red v1 or v2.
    
    what is the reason for this upsurge again? has anyone been able to
    figure
    it out? since nimda appeared XP has been released .. is XP offering a
    new
    hole to infect and spread from (just a hypothesis)?
    
    thanks ...
    
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