Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Cross-Platform OpenOffice Worm: Scary Proof of Concept


A new worm reported by Symantec called “BadBunny” infects computers after the user opens a .odg file. Although the chance of becoming infected by BadBunny is low, its unique cross-platform capabilities put any computer user at risk. Also, the article bashes Macs slightly… I think we all need a little of that after a day at WWDC.

Check out the entire article after the jump. [Cnet.com]

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I know what I'm about to say has zero to do with technology, but when I was a boy (before 1st grade), I loved playing with worms. I had a sandbox in my back yard and i'd put worms in and watch where they popped out at. I know, I'm weird. Worms just facinated me.