The Blaster Worm: Then and Now
IEEE Security and Privacy
The Zombie roundup: understanding, detecting, and disrupting botnets
SRUTI'05 Proceedings of the Steps to Reducing Unwanted Traffic on the Internet on Steps to Reducing Unwanted Traffic on the Internet Workshop
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In this panel we explore the reasons why there has been a dramatic decrease in worm outbreaks on the Internet. There have been a number of changes in the Internet security landscape since the major worm outbreaks of 2001 (Code Red and Nimda), with worm populations decreasing steadily since then. In this same time frame, the community has witnessed the rise of the botnet and client-side attacks. Furthermore, the widespread deployment of security protection mechanisms in Windows XP SP2 has changed the vulnerability landscape. These reasons may be at the heart of the change in the popularity of the worms.