Security Watch

Worm Discovered In The Wild Exploiting MS08-067

New worm detected in the wild Gimiv.A exploiting the MS08-067 vulnerability.  More details at

 

http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojgimmiva.html?_log_from=rss

 

http://blog.threatexpert.com/2008/10/gimmiva-exploits-zero-day-vulnerability.html

 

No details as to impact yet but Internet Storm Center InfoCON’s status still remains yellow.

 

If Microsoft and others think this is a ig enough deal to warrant an out of cycle patch then it is time to test and apply patch this ASAP.