Ingress filtering in Windows…. gulp
Good thing the integrated Windows Firewall supports ingress filtering. (sarcasm)
As reported on eWeeks’s Security blog:
Botnet Herders Attack MS06-040 Worm Hole
The first wave of malicious attacks against the MS06-040 vulnerability is underway, using malware that hijacks unpatched Windows machines for use in IRC-controlled botnets.
The attacks, which started late Aug. 12, use a variant of a backdoor Trojan that installs itself on a system, modifies security settings, connects to a remote IRC (Internet Relay Chat) server and starts listening for commands from a remote hacker, according to early warnings from anti-virus vendors.