I've
been
reading
the
massive
press
coverage
about
Zotob
(technical details are here,
here,
and here),
and can't figure out what the big deal is about. Yes, it propagates in
Windows 2000 without user intervention, which is always nastier. It
uses a Microsoft plug-and-play vulnerability,
which is somewhat interesting. But the only reason I can think of that
CNN did rolling coverage on it is that CNN was hit by it.
[Schneier on
Security]