Worm Propagation and Generic Attacks

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March/April 2005 (vol. 3 no. 2)

pp. 63-65

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	Elias Levy, "Worm Propagation and Generic Attacks," IEEE Security and Privacy, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 63-65, March/April, 2005.

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	@article{ 10.1109/MSP.2005.57, author = {Elias Levy}, title = {Worm Propagation and Generic Attacks}, journal ={IEEE Security and Privacy}, volume = {3}, number = {2}, issn = {1540-7993}, year = {2005}, pages = {63-65}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MSP.2005.57}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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	TY - MGZN JO - IEEE Security and Privacy TI - Worm Propagation and Generic Attacks IS - 2 SN - 1540-7993 SP63 EP65 EPD - 63-65 A1 - Elias Levy, PY - 2005 KW - Santy KW - worms KW - virus KW - Web applications VL - 3 JA - IEEE Security and Privacy ER -

Elias Levy, Symantec

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This past December, a new family of worms was discovered. The family, Santy, attacked Web applications written in the PHP scripting language. Santy is interesting for two reasons: First, its worms used Web search engines to locate likely targets; second, a Santy variant exploited a generic flaw in PHP applications, rather than a specific vulnerability.

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Santy, worms, virus, Web applications

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Elias Levy, "Worm Propagation and Generic Attacks," IEEE Security and Privacy, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 63-65, Mar./Apr. 2005, doi:10.1109/MSP.2005.57

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