there was an interesting [article posted](http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2007/10/securitymatters_1004) by [Bruce Schneier](http://www.schneier.com/) the Storm worm seems to be gathering strength, attacking targets of apparent low interest to build a better bot net.
Where I work, we currently have a new client in the environment that I manage that is getting hit by systems apparently infected by the Storm worm. While the attacks currently happening are not causing any DOS (Denial of Service) and is more of a nuisance instead of a threat, it is *extremely* worrying that all someone has to do is flip a switch and cause all sorts of havoc to an environment.
> IronPort found that on Sept. 9, roughly 280,000 distinct Storm-infected systems sent about 2.7 billion e-mails advertising those addresses, making Storm responsible for about 4 percent of all spam sent that day. [[quote](http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/10/the_storm_worm_maelstrom_or_te.html)]
Perhaps the more frightening bit is that there's no head nor tail to this beast.
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