New â?? Obama Wormâ? Discovered by Walling Data Systems
Hickory, N.C. â?? 29. January 2009 - President Barack Obama is the first U.S. president with a Facebook page and a YouTube channel. In addition, the Presidenta has 1 million â?? MySpacea? Friends, 3.7 million Facebook supporters and his campaign database provides the e-mail addresses of 13 million supporters. President Obama is really the nationalism? s first â?? wiredâ? President.
So it is no surprise that hackers have taken advantage of the new presidenta?? S online popularity? Â
Walling Data, the North America? S top selling AVG Internet Security Products, discovered a new computer threat this week interesting symptoms, including a pop-up exhibits Presidenta? S face in the lower right corner of the infected computers. Ironically, the worm was discovered on the network of a K-12 school in the Presidenta?? Illinois. s home state
â?? From what we can say that so far the good news is that this worm is nothing more than a great nuisance. This threat spreads via external devices such as attack, such as Flash drives, where a network is usually most vulnerable to â? from insideâ? said Luke Walling, President of Walling Data.
 â? We first worm discovered in the course of the work a certain amount of support we offer in the school, â?? Walling added. â?? There seems to be, this threat has been used in an off the shelf often development environment for the creation of simple games, it seems the version that we have for the most recently in December 2008.â? Developed?   Â
Walling also noted that the threat is probably not an isolated incident, since they are easily spread by the use of external devices like USB flash drives. schools are particularly vulnerable because they often use such equipment in the class work can move back and forth from home and school.
Starting today, the worm is not globally through a security product on the basis of data from internal and virustotal.com testing. get recognized
â?? We have isolated the components of this threat and have samples available providers, to ensure safety, it is right and quickly became popular security products.â recognized?? Â
â?? This is an example at the sight of our Presidenta? s face is on the screen is not a good thing, â?? â joked Walling.Â?? You have to admit, no matter your political affiliation, it also proves, hackers have a sense of humor.â?
Are you infected? Walling shows what it knows about the A? Obama wormâ? so far and what has brought about the security provider.
Have been 1.a    The threat seems to introduce the schoolâ?? S via the network using a USB flash drive, or to e-mail.
2.a   The Obama worm replicates via USB storage devices and network shares.
3.a   The wormâ? S behavior indicates that they are more an annoyance than a threat to sensitive data, as changes exe / bat / vbs are shell extensions (ie broken exe files), and repetition of a large number of folders on the local computer.
4.A Â Â Mondays only, he will represent President Obamaâ?? S face in the lower right corner.
Lessons LearnedWalling suggests two things to prevent this threat, and others like them from havoc on a network: Â Â
1.a   Make sure that all machines â? Patched up.â?
â?? Since this threat is not yet covered by a security product, it is important that each machine with a Microsoft operating system completely, and always has? patched upa ????. Â The threat of using machines that do not have a critical Microsoft updates and trust only anti-virus software to catch threats, â?? Walling said.Â
2.a   prohibit the use of external devices. define and enforce usage policies diligently.
â?? It is difficult for many small businesses and schools, which are often limited staff and resources to prohibit the use of external devices like flash drives and external hard drives drives. While these devices easily, they will also enter the easiest way for Threats to your network. We always recommend that you disable network administrators a Machinea? s ability to use external devices via Group Policy or on a computer-plane for small workgroups. The ban on these devices, should be a part of organizationsâ? Internet usage policies, and of course, must be strictly enforced.â?
For more information about Walling Data, visit www.wallingdata.com or call 828-459-7340.
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About Walling Data: Walling Data is a group of divisions that offer technology, sales and support services in North America, traditional break / fix repair of its two locations in Catawba and Iredell Counties in North Carolina, as well as virtual outsourced IT department of IT managed services with guaranteed data program. Walling also the largest producer of AVG Ant-virus products is in the U.S. and Canada and is an authorized distributor of Cymphonix, Cyber Patrol, and other security products. Learn more at www . wallingdata. com.




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