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It's avoidable by disallowing Windows...
NHS Worm Infection Was 'entirely Avoidable', Says Review
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| The PCs at St. Bartholomew's, the Royal London Hospital and The London Chest
| Hospital were infected with Mytob, a mass-mailing worm also known as MyDoom.
| Emergency patients were temporarily diverted to other facilities, but
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| officials said no personal data was lost.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/158711/nhs_worm_infection_was_entirely_avoidable_says_review.html?tk=rss_news
Three hospital worm infection dubbed 'substantive failure'
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| A worm attack that forced three London hospitals to shut down their computer
| networks late last year was entirely avoidable and represented a major
| failing by the organizations' IT staff, according to an independent review of
| the incident.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/02/nhs_worm_infection_aftermath/
Microsoft Conficker worm hits peak, but payload awaits
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| The Microsoft RPC worm, known by many as Conficker/Downadup, has multiplied
| across corporate networks infecting an estimated 10 million machines. Though
| the damage has been minimal, the worst is yet to come, said researchers.
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http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid14_gci1346225,00.html
Recent:
DDoS attack boots Kyrgyzstan from net
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| The central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan was effectively knocked offline for
| more than a week by a Russian cybermilitia that continues to flood the
| country's internet providers with crippling data attacks, a security expert
| said.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/28/kyrgyzstan_knocked_offline/
Conficker seizes city's hospital network
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| Staff at hospitals across Sheffield are battling a major computer worm
| outbreak after managers turned off Windows security updates for all 8,000 PCs
| on the vital network, The Register has learned.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/20/sheffield_conficker/
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