MyDoom.F Drives RIAA Web Site Offline

• By theWHIR.com , February 27, 2004

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The new variant of the MyDoom virus, called the fastest spreading and worst virus of all time, installs a DLL which opens a backdoor, allowing it to be attacked. According to Panda Software, when the system date of the infected machine is between the 17th and 22nd of any month and any year, the virus will launch a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against the RIAA and Microsoft Web sites, with 2 out of 3 attacks targeting Microsoft.

According to mi2g, a UK-based digital risk firm, the Web site for the RIAA came under a severe DDoS attack last night, rendering it inaccessible from a number of cities around the world. At press time, the RIAA site was still offline while Microsoft's Web site remained online.

The original virus launched an attack against the Web site of the SCO Group.

SCO and Microsoft both have adversarial relationships with the open source community. The RIAA is heavily involved in efforts to combat online music piracy.

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