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Zotob damage deep but not widespread
Posted by: Tweaker
Date added: 00:07, 27th October 2005 GMT
Source: ZDNet News
Fewer businesses fell victim to the Zotob worm that struck corporate networks than previous attacks, but those it hit paid dearly, according to a new survey.
The August worm caused disruptions for about 13 percent of the organizations surveyed by computer security firm Cybertrust, which released the results of a 700-company study Wednesday. As reported earlier, Zotob's victims included cable news station CNN, TV network ABC, The New York Times and DaimlerChrysler.
Six percent of survey respondents said Zotob's impact on their company was moderate to major, which was defined as more than $10,000 in losses and at least one major business system affected, such as e-mail or Internet connectivity.
Alarming as it was, Zotob did far less damage than did other major worms designed to exploit Windows vulnerabilities, Cybertrust said. For example, the Nimda worm made a moderate to major impact on 60 percent of companies. MSBlast (aka Blaster) struck about 30 percent of organizations to that degree, the firm said.
Zotob was less widespread, in part, because it targeted only PCs running Windows 2000, an older version of the software. The worm exploited a hole in the operating system's plug-and-play feature, and let attackers take control of infected machines while spying on users.
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