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Rubrik: World-wide News/Products & News Central
Command: Dirty Dozen - Top 12-Viruses For June 2003 Worm/BugBear.B
Ranks Number One For June 2003, Worm/Sobig Members Dominate The Chart (09.07.03)
- Central Command released its monthly listing of the top twelve viruses
reported for June, 2003. The report, coined the "Dirty Dozen", is
based on the number of virus occurrences confirmed through Central Command's
Emergency Virus Response Team.
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The table
below represents the most prevalent viruses for June 2003, number one being
the most frequent. Ranking
1.
1. Worm/BugBear.B 24.8%
2.
2. Worm/Klez.E (including G) 18.2%
3.
Worm/Sobig.C 10.7%
4.
Worm/Sobig.E 9.8%
5.
Worm/Sobig.A 5.5%
6.
W32/Yaha.E 3.2%
7.
Worm/Hawawi.E 2.4%
8.
Worm/Sobig.B 1.3%
9.
Worm/BugBear 1.3%
10.
W32/Funlove.4099 1.1%
11.
W32/Nimda 1.0%
12.
W32/Parite 0.7%
13.
Others
20.0% "For
the second straight month a Dirty Dozen newcomer debuts at number one. This
time it was Worm/BugBear.B," said Steven Sundermeier, product manager at
Central Command, Inc. "Worm/BugBear.B was triumphantly spreading around
the globe at an alarming rate and it is considered highly malicious because
it can expose sensitive data." Among other functionalities,
Worm/BugBear.B drops a keylogger component that can record and leak vital
information about the user, contains a backdoor designed to wait on TCP Port
1080 and listen for instructions from its creator, as well as, the ability to
disable personal firewall and antiviral software. The
Worm/Sobig virus family accounts for one-third of the Dirty Dozen (#3, #4, #5
and #8). "In the battle of the Sobig's, Worm/Sobig.C held off its new
sibling [variant E] to be the leader of the family. This is the first time in the history of our Dirty Dozen
that a virus family has occupied four spots. Worm/Hawawi.E was the other new
entry for the June report. (ma) Central
Command Inc. Contact:
Steven Sundermeier, Product Manager Tel.
(001-330) 723-2062 x204, Fax (001-330) 722-6517 E-Mail:
ssundermeier@centralcommand.com |
