“The US government’s cybersecurity arm warned that the Internet could come under attack from a new virus similar to last month’s damaging Blaster worm in the wake of a new Windows flaw revealed by Microsoft,” AFP reports. “In an advisory, the Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity division warned of a ‘potential for (a) significant impact on Internet operations’ as a result of the vulnerability disclosed by the software maker.”

“The Department of Homeland Security said it ‘believes that exploits are being developed’ and could spread rapidly because the overwhelming majority of personal computers use the Windows operating system. ‘DHS is concerned that a properly written exploit could rapidly spread on the Internet as a worm or virus in a fashion similar to the Blaster Worm,’ the advisory said. The tech security firm Symantec said that because the new flaw is similar to the one uncovered in July, it believes that active exploitation and creation of Internet worms targeting this vulnerability is imminent.’ The flaw affects Windows NT version 4.0, Windows 2000 (news – web sites), Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.” AFP reports.

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