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08/17/2005 Archived Entry: "Zotob...and others"

At times like this, all you can do is grab some popcorn and find a comfortable chair. F-Secure reports that there are currently eleven different worms and bots exploiting the Microsoft vulnerability (MS05-039) that was disclosed last week. Some of the worms are attacking others. CNN, hard hit, could seemingly find nothing else to report last night. And all of this can be blocked by a simple firewall. I just sit, and watch, and wonder.  —brad