Seminar: The Coming Super Worms and Viruses

Title:	The coming super worms and viruses
Date:	27th November 2003
Time:	10:30 - 11:30 (AM)
Venue:	SHB 833 (seminar room)
Speaker:	Alan S H Lam

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Seminar outlines

• Review of recent worms and viruses Code Red, Nimda, SQL Slammer, Blaster, Nachi, SoBig, SWEN
• Prediction The characteristics and capabilities of the coming super worms and viruses
• Threat The current security problems that we face in the Internet
• The worst case scenario Complete blackout and chaos
• What can we do about them strategies and countermeasures for these super worms and viruses
• Q & A

Worms and Viruses Examples

• Code Red and Nimda Worm Attack in Aug/Sep 2001

• MS-SQL worm (also called Sapphire, SQL Slammer, SQL Hell) in Jan 2003 and recur in Oct 2003

• W32/MSBLAST worm in Aug 2003

• MSBLAST.D (W32/Nachi) worm in Aug/Sep 2003

• W32/SWEN Worm in Sep 2003

• aim virus in Nov 2003

• WinTcpIp.exe worm in Nov 2003

References:

• Viruses and Worms: What Can We Do About Them?
  http://www.cert.org/congressional_testimony/Pethia-Testimony-9-10-2003/

• Internet Worms: Walking on Unstable Ground
  www.giac.org/practical/GSEC/Jon_Maurer_GSEC.pdf