A new distributed denial of service tool has been discovered in the wild and is spreading, according to Internet Security Systems Inc.'s X-Force service.. . .. A new distributed denial of service tool has been discovered in the wild and is spreading, according to Internet Security Systems Inc.'s X-Force service. Reports of up to 400 hosts running the "Trinity v3" agent have been reported, including 50 compromised IRC (Internet Relay Chat) hosts, said Chris Rouland, director of X-Force. Rouland said no high-profile commerce sites have been reported down yet, but "one or two" universities have been affected. He would not disclose the identities of the schools. The link for this article located at ZDNet is no longer available. . A novel distributed denial of service tool has been identified in the wild and is proliferating swiftly, impacting Linux systems.. Denial Of Service, Linux Malware, Distributed Threat, Chat Security, Security Concerns. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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