Asia Escapes File-Destroying Worm
CBS News
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Hong Kong:
A computer worm expected to begin corrupting files in infected machines around the world Friday caused no major damage in the Asian financial centers Hong Kong and Tokyo, officials and experts said.
Experts had warned earlier that the worm, known as "Kama Sutra," "CME-24," "BlackWorm," or "Mywife.E," could corrupt documents using the most common file types, including ".doc," ".pdf," and ".zip." "It's well past the deadline but we haven't confirmed any cases of the Kama Sutra in Japan, which suggests we're not looking at a major outbreak," Itsuro Nishimoto, an executive at Tokyo-based computer security company LAC Corp., said Friday afternoon. He called the threat of an attack a "bluff" and said even if it did occur, users can easily protect their files with standard precautions.
A manager at Hong Kong's official coordination center for computer emergencies said he had not received any reports or calls for help from those infected by the worm. The worm is believed to have infected hundreds of thousands of computers, mostly in India, Peru, Turkey and Italy, Finnish security company F-Secure Corp. said earlier this week.
The worm is attached to an e-mail that can have a variety of subject lines or messages, reports CBSNews.com technology analyst Larry Magid. Subject lines could include "Hot Movie," "Arab sex," "give me a kiss" or "Fwd: Crazy illegal Sex!" but others are also possible.
Feb 03, 2006
CBS News
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Hong Kong:
A computer worm expected to begin corrupting files in infected machines around the world Friday caused no major damage in the Asian financial centers Hong Kong and Tokyo, officials and experts said.
Experts had warned earlier that the worm, known as "Kama Sutra," "CME-24," "BlackWorm," or "Mywife.E," could corrupt documents using the most common file types, including ".doc," ".pdf," and ".zip." "It's well past the deadline but we haven't confirmed any cases of the Kama Sutra in Japan, which suggests we're not looking at a major outbreak," Itsuro Nishimoto, an executive at Tokyo-based computer security company LAC Corp., said Friday afternoon. He called the threat of an attack a "bluff" and said even if it did occur, users can easily protect their files with standard precautions.
A manager at Hong Kong's official coordination center for computer emergencies said he had not received any reports or calls for help from those infected by the worm. The worm is believed to have infected hundreds of thousands of computers, mostly in India, Peru, Turkey and Italy, Finnish security company F-Secure Corp. said earlier this week.
The worm is attached to an e-mail that can have a variety of subject lines or messages, reports CBSNews.com technology analyst Larry Magid. Subject lines could include "Hot Movie," "Arab sex," "give me a kiss" or "Fwd: Crazy illegal Sex!" but others are also possible.
Feb 03, 2006
