February 02, 2006
Lovin' from the Kama-Sutra
Blackmal, Kama-Sutra, MyWife... call it what you want. My mailbox has been on fire with email coming in about this worm for the past two days. Colleagues, friends, and relatives are all sending me information on the worm, every AV vendor I've ever requested information from is "dropping me a line" to tell me about it, HIPS vendors are sending me information about how their product defends against it, and PR firms are sending me updates about how the vendors they represent want to have a discussion about it. Here's the thing, though: I think this worm is going to play out just like a Matrix sequel - tons of pre-release hype, but not much action once it hits the streets.
Remember the DaVinci virus? The press made that out to be more than it really was; there are tons of similarities between Kama-Sutra and DiVinci - a hostile payload, a countdown to a particular date, etc. Just like the DiVinci virus, the media has latched onto this worm and is out hyping it up as the worst thing to hit the Internet since Ashley Simpson went mp3, but I honestly disagree. I'm with Russ Cooper who says, "I think it's winter and we're bored."
Posted by Ed at February 2, 2006 03:39 PM