FreeBSD Apache Worm Low Threat: Minimal Spread Observed

A program designed to infect vulnerable computers running the open-source Apache Web server application apparently hasn't made it very far, security experts said Monday. As first reported. . .

A program designed to infect vulnerable computers running the open-source Apache Web server application apparently hasn't made it very far, security experts said Monday. As first reported by CNET News.com, the Apache worm infects unpatched servers running the FreeBSD operating system, an open-source variant of Unix, and the Apache Web software. Despite initial reports that the worm had spread to some servers, consultants and antivirus experts haven't seen much activity.

"It's pretty much dead," said Marc Maiffret, chief hacking officer for network-protection company eEye Digital Security. "We haven't seen anything."

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