The Blaster Worm: Then and Now

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July/August 2005 (vol. 3 no. 4) pp. 26-31

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	Michael Bailey, Evan Cooke, Farnam Jahanian, David Watson, Jose Nazario, "The Blaster Worm: Then and Now," IEEE Security and Privacy, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 26-31, July/August, 2005.

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	@article{ 10.1109/MSP.2005.106, author = {Michael Bailey and Evan Cooke and Farnam Jahanian and David Watson and Jose Nazario}, title = {The Blaster Worm: Then and Now}, journal ={IEEE Security and Privacy}, volume = {3}, number = {4}, issn = {1540-7993}, year = {2005}, pages = {26-31}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MSP.2005.106}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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	TY - MGZN JO - IEEE Security and Privacy TI - The Blaster Worm: Then and Now IS - 4 SN - 1540-7993 SP26 EP31 EPD - 26-31 A1 - Michael Bailey, A1 - Evan Cooke, A1 - Farnam Jahanian, A1 - David Watson, A1 - Jose Nazario, PY - 2005 KW - Blaster KW - Welchia KW - worm KW - Windows KW - MSBlast VL - 3 JA - IEEE Security and Privacy ER -

Michael Bailey, University of Michigan

Evan Cooke, University of Michigan

Farnam Jahanian, University of Michigan

David Watson, University of Michigan

Jose Nazario, Arbor Networks

In August of 2003 the Blaster worm struck the Internet, infecting at least 100,000 Microsoft Windows systems and causing millions of dollars in damages. In spite of considerable cleanup efforts, an antiworm aimed at patching systems, and a widely downloaded clean-up tool from Microsoft, the worm is still very much alive. In this article we describe observations of the Blaster worm from its onset in 2003 to its continued persistence a year later.

Index Terms:

Blaster, Welchia, worm, Windows, MSBlast

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Michael Bailey, Evan Cooke, Farnam Jahanian, David Watson, Jose Nazario, "The Blaster Worm: Then and Now," IEEE Security and Privacy, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 26-31, July/Aug. 2005, doi:10.1109/MSP.2005.106

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