The August attack of the Zotob bot worm was milder than other major events, but still cost victims an average of nearly $100,000 to clean up, a security company said Wednesday. Virginia-based Cybertrust surveyed 700 enterprises on the impact of Zotob, a bot worm that exploited a vulnerability in Windows 2000 during August, 2005. Although Zotob wasn’t as widespread as other notable malware, such as Sasser, MSBlast, or Slammer, it raised a ruckus in media companies and briefly slowed overall Internet traffic. Full Story
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