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Morto likes playing games

19

Sep

2011

W32.Morto first made headlines in August because of its capability to spread by Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). The worm was unique because it was the first of its kind to use the protocol. However, this wasn't the only unique aspect of the worm. My colleague, Cathal Mullaney, also discovered that W32.Morto introduced the usage […]

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More MORTO Infections Found

02

Sep

2011

We’ve been continuously receiving reports of infections, specifically in the APAC and NABU regions, related to a certain malware that uses Remote Desktop Protocol for its propagation.Detected as WORM_MORTO.SMA , this worm drops its component files into the system, including a DLL file into the system’s Windows folder. The said DLL file, which bears the […]

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Morto: RDP worm of death?

30

Aug

2011

Over the last few days we have seen some media buzz about a worm called Morto. Morto is an old-fashioned internet worm, which targets Windows workstations and servers by exploiting poorly-chosen weak passwords to spread via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connections (port 3389). It’s possible if you had a large number of infected computers within […]

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