OpenOffice macro worm downloads bunny porn

Apple Store“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.”

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  1. Found this about the “virus”:

    A short announcement sent to an OpenOffice mailing list reads:

    The OpenOffice.org engineers take the security of the software very seriously, and will react promptly to any new issues. This “proof of concept” virus is not new information, and does not require a software patch. Technically, it is not even a virus, as it is not “self-replicating” – with OpenOffice.org’s default settings, it cannot spread without user intervention.

    So, if you get a “Britney Spears NUDE ” fine and you open it, you can figure that its not Britney. LOL ” width=”19″ height=”19″ alt=”grin” style=”border:0;” />

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