“A newly discovered worm targeting OpenOffice attempts to download indecent JPEG images onto compromised PCs,” Robert Jaques reports for vnunet.com.
“Sophos warned today that Badbunny-A, a macro worm for OpenOffice/StarBasic that also drops scripts in other languages, downloads pictures of a man wearing a bunny suit performing a sexual act in woodland,” Jaques reports.
“The malware infects computer users when they open an OpenOffice Draw file called badbunny.odg,” Jaques reports. “A macro within the file performs different functions depending on whether the user is running Windows, MacOS or Linux. These can include executing other self-replicating JavaScript and Perl viruses.”
Jaques reports, “The worm also downloads and displays an image of a scantily clad woman with a man dressed as a rabbit, irrespective of the operating system being used… ‘This is old-school malware seemingly written to show off and prove a proof of concept rather than a serious attempt to spy on and steal from computer users,’ said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos.”
Full article with more info and links here.
Who is stupid enough to open an usolicited document named “badbunny”?
Porn, porn, everywhere!
Is this with Chloe Sevigny?
Does this mean that we now officially have STD’s on computers?
C’mon now. Let’s not go splitting hares.
ummm, Ken….. the level to which i am disturbed that you can attach a name to the described porn, is astonishing.
It could be worse. It could be Ballmer in a bunny suit.
I don’t know about you but this makes me hopping mad. I think I’ll skip the chance to download OpenOffice. And those folks better jump on the problem pronto!
MW – boys willl be boys…
Lol! Now I’ve heard it all. I use Microsoft Office 04 Mac (which is the only good software from M$ even till this day, which includes the operating systems as well). Still, this is a good humour on an otherwise normal day for me.
*badbunny*, Ahahahah…that just cracks me up time after time. lol.
@Twisted Mac Freak
or should we say “Lepus not go splitting hares.”?
Hare’y’ escape?
Scumbun?
Hot Cross Bun’ny’
Bun’ny’ kebab?
Shen: he is making a reference to “Brown Bunny” a movie in which Chloe was performing.
Beryllium, you wascally wabbit!
There’s only one real solution.
It’s time to use the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch. Someone please start the count.
“Who is stupid enough to open an usolicited document named “badbunny”?”
Windows users.
macaholic,
She certainly was performing!
Waaaaaabbiiit! come here waaaaabbiiiit!
Geeze no wonder the women out there think we’re idiots. Or maybe it’s just me.
Well at least it’s an entertaining virus.
Reminds me of an old Bugs Bunny cartoon when he was reading a book called, “Learn how to multiply”…or something like that.
“Geeze no wonder the women out there think we’re idiots.”
Which is why without alcohol, our species would be doomed to extinction. Explain Ballmer’s kids otherwise.
This discussion is incomplete without pictures!
So, you open a file called badbunny.odg and it shows you a photo. How is this malware?
Can the code be altered to do anything other than show you a photo?
Nevermind, that’s what I get for not reading the rest of the story.
. . . NeoOffice?