We have recently witnessed the arrival of a worm that takes advantage of the Windows Plug and Play vulnerability in order for it to propagate. It utilizes MS 05-039 and is given the name WORM_ZOTOB. As of the moment we currently have 6 detections of this said worm. What’s interesting about this new malware are…

In case you haven’t seen it yet, read-up on this 0-day exploit and MS’s analysis here.Mitigating Factors: The Microsoft DDS Library Shape Control (Msdds.dll) does not ship in Windows.The Microsoft DDS Library Shape Control (Msdds.dll) does not ship in the .NET Framework. Customers who do not have Msdds.dll on their systems are not affected by…