[LINK] Nimda worm: CERT Advisory CA-2001-26

Ben McGinnes ben-mcginnes@iname.com
Fri, 21 Sep 2001 12:14:39 +1000


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Adam Todd(at@ah.net)@Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 09:22:20PM +1000:
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> Just in case anyone as wondering, nimda was released and hit most servers=
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> at 11 PM Australian Easter Standard time on Wednesday.  Exactly one week=
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> and 24 hours AFTER the WTC tragedy.

Nope.  I was dealing with a considerably heavier workload due to this=20
monster all through Wednesday, so it definitely didn't start at 11pm=20
that night (my shift went from 8am-4pm).

=46rom what I saw problems in Australia were beginning at around=20
10am-ish AEST.

> It only affects Windows systems.

Yes, but generated traffic is, as you indicated, another matter.


Regards,
Ben

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