DOWNAD: Gearing Up For A Botnet

A few days ago, Trend Micro got wind of a .DLL worm detected as WORM_DOWNAD.A that exploits the MS08-067 vulnerability. Its routines have lead our security analysts to postulate that it is a key component in the development of a new botnet.
Initially thought to be working in conjunction with a NETWORM variant, WORM_DOWNAD.A is [...]