New Worm Morto

[Frands]

Hi  :)

FYI:

A new worm called Morto has begun making the rounds on the Internet in the last couple of days, infecting machines via RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol). The worm is generating a large amount of outbound RDP traffic on networks that have infected machines, and Morto is capable of compromising both servers and workstations running Windows.

Please read on here:  http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/new-worm-morto-using-rdp-infect-windows-pcs-082811

[Frands]

Related links:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserversecurity/thread/31cf740c-818c-4863-8df9-0d9a1d6de6fc

http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002227.html

[Corrine]

Also from Microsoft Malware Protection Center: 

New worm targeting weak passwords on Remote Desktop connections (port 3389)
More on Morto

Test the passwords you use at Password Checker or http://www.passwordmeter.com/ .

The "Technical Information" tab of Encyclopedia entry: Worm:Win32/Morto.A includes a list of usernames and passwords that Morto is checking.