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6th June 2011

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Worm uses built-in DHCP server to spread

From http://www.h-online.com/security/new...d-1255388.html

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A variant of the Alureon rootkit is hijacking DHCP on local networks to spread itself, according to a blog posting from Kaspersky.

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