BREAKING NEWS: Mydoom Variant Medium-High Risk
At 9:25 AM Pacific Time, security company Secunia released a Medium risk alert for the latest variant of the Mydoom family, which is known by various names, including MyDoom.L, MyDoom.M, MyDoom.N, MyDoom.O, and MyDoom.R. The following are various vendor's aliases for this worm:
Computer Associates: Win32.Mydoom.O
F-Secure: Mydoom.M
Network Associates: W32/Mydoom.o@MM
Panda Software: Mydoom.N
Sophos: W32/MyDoom-O
Symantec: W32.Mydoom.M@mm
Trend Micro: WORM_MYDOOM.M
Contrary to the Secunia bulletin, Panada Software's Mydoom.M is an unrelated worm.
The following are vendor risks:
Computer Associates: High (4/5)
F-Secure: Medium (2/3)
Network Associates: Medium-On-Watch (2.5/3.5)
Panda Software: High (3/4)
Sophos: Unassigned
Symantec: High (4/5)
Trend Micro: Medium (2/3)
OVERALL: Medium-High (7.3/10)
Worldwide Spread
Trend Micro reports significant spread from Germany, Singapore, and the United States, indicating that it is likely this worm has already became common in all continents.
Recognition
Email messages appear similar to the following, although may be variable:

More Information
McAfeeHelp Forums (thanks to CD)
NAI Description
Symantec Description
Trend Micro Description
Panda Software Description
F-Secure Description
Computer Associates Description
Sophos Description
Posted
Jul 26 2004, 07:01 PM
by
trafton