idlethreat

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.

Well, it's my birthday today. 34 years ago today I was getting pulled out of my mother, shrieking at the top of my lungs. 34 years later, and I still shriek on occasion.

Speaking of shrieking… Been playing the hell out of The Thousand Year Door today and love it.

Took the day off from work, sat on my ass, played games and pretty much did nothing whatsoever. Here's hoping for more days like that in the future ;)

tom