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CNN network hit by Rinbot worm
Friday, 2 March 2007, 2:47 PM EST
Turner Broadcasting System, which owns CNN, has been hit by a worm that could have been detected if the company had updated its antivirus software.
According to Symantec's website, the Rinbot worm opens a back door in affected networks and connects to an IRC server, allowing an attacker to send commands to the server.
At vnunet.
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