Badbunny (computer worm)
Encyclopedia
Badbunny, also known as SB/BadBunny-A (Sophos
) and StarOffice/BadBunny (McAfee
), is a multi-platform computer worm
written in several scripting languages and distributed as an OpenOffice document containing a macro
written in StarBasic.
Discovered on May 21, 2007, the worm spreads itself by dropping malicious
script files that affect the behavior of popular IRC programs mIRC
and X-Chat
, causing it to send the worm to other users.
"Title: ///BadBunny\\\"
Body: "Hey '[USERNAME]' you like my BadBunny?" and loads 3 different Scripts named JS.Badbunny,Ruby.Badbunny and Perl.Badbunny. Upon loading, the user is shown a pornographic image of a man dressed as a rabbit
making out
with a woman in the woods.
Sophos
Sophos is a developer and vendor of security software and hardware, including anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam, network access control, encryption software and data loss prevention for desktops, servers, email systems and other network gateways....
) and StarOffice/BadBunny (McAfee
McAfee
McAfee, Inc. is a computer security company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA. It markets software and services to home users, businesses and the public sector. On August 19, 2010, electronics company Intel agreed to purchase McAfee for $7.68 billion...
), is a multi-platform computer worm
Computer worm
A computer worm is a self-replicating malware computer program, which uses a computer network to send copies of itself to other nodes and it may do so without any user intervention. This is due to security shortcomings on the target computer. Unlike a computer virus, it does not need to attach...
written in several scripting languages and distributed as an OpenOffice document containing a macro
Macro
A macro in computer science is a rule or pattern that specifies how a certain input sequence should be mapped to an output sequence according to a defined procedure...
written in StarBasic.
Discovered on May 21, 2007, the worm spreads itself by dropping malicious
Malware
Malware, short for malicious software, consists of programming that is designed to disrupt or deny operation, gather information that leads to loss of privacy or exploitation, or gain unauthorized access to system resources, or that otherwise exhibits abusive behavior...
script files that affect the behavior of popular IRC programs mIRC
MIRC
mIRC is an Internet Relay Chat client for Microsoft Windows, created in 1995 and developed by Khaled Mardam-Bey. Although it is a fully functional chat utility, its integrated scripting language makes it extensible and versatile....
and X-Chat
X-Chat
XChat, commonly written X-Chat or xchat, is a popular Internet Relay Chat client. It is available for Unix-like systems, Microsoft Windows , Mac OS X , and for other X Window System-based systems . It has a choice of a tabbed document interface or tree interface, support for multiple servers and...
, causing it to send the worm to other users.
Effects
If the macro is opened from the affected document, it displays the following message:"Title: ///BadBunny\\\"
Body: "Hey '[USERNAME]' you like my BadBunny?" and loads 3 different Scripts named JS.Badbunny,Ruby.Badbunny and Perl.Badbunny. Upon loading, the user is shown a pornographic image of a man dressed as a rabbit
Rabbit
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world...
making out
Making out
In human sexuality, making out is a sexual euphemism of American origin dating back to at least 1949, and is used synonymously with the terms necking, heavy petting, and hooking up to refer to non-penetrative sex, though "hooking up" is also used in some cultures to imply casual sex.-History:The...
with a woman in the woods.