Helkern Epidemic - events chronology. (Virus Notes).Kaspersky Labs It is possible to state with certainty that 'Helkern' appeared long before the 25th of January when anti-virus companies first brought it to the attention of the mass media. January 20, 2003 at 19:07 marked the first time data similar to 'Helkern' worm copies were detected by Kaspersky Labs. The data was sent from a computer belonging to an U.S.-based Internet service provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. . However this doesn't mean that company's employees created 'Helkern' most likely their server was remotely infected. Therefore the truth about the virus's origin might be hiding in the request log-files of that, server. Later the same day, the "Helkern' code was found in a request from a Dutch server. After that the worm did not show up until 20:21 on January 23 when another copy of the worm was registered in the request from another Dutch server. The explosion of Helkern infected the critical number of servers, which caused the destructive chain reaction. Origin According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. other data, the epicenter of the worm was based in China from where it sneaked into North Korean and Philippines computer systems. From there it reached the western and central regions of U.S.A., where it then divided into two streams - the first one head to Australia and New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. and the second to Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). . Geographic spread Amount of infected servers (as a % of the total number of server infections) USA 48% Germany 8.2% South Korea 4.9% Great Britain 4.9% Canada 4.9% China 3.3% Netherlands 2.7% Taiwan 2.7% Greece 2.2% Sweden 2.2% As the above table roughly shows, this epidemic reached into almost all countries. This once again proves the inefficiency of the idea to fight with cybernetic cy·ber·net·ics n. (used with a sing. verb) The theoretical study of communication and control processes in biological, mechanical, and electronic systems, especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems. weapons such as computer viruses. It has an obvious boomerang boomerang (b  `mərăng'), special form of throwing stick, used mainly by the aborigines of Australia. properly, which makes it inapplicable in·ap·pli·ca·ble adj. Not applicable: rules inapplicable to day students. in·ap for military purposes. By January 27, the epidemic was practically neutralized and the usual Internet operating capacity has been restored. Copies of 'Helkern' are being constantly registered in the network, but its number is hundreds of times lower than at the peak of activity. www.kaspersky.com |
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