Misleading “Windows” Bot

A new bot being discussed takes advantage of weak MySQL implementations on Windows systems… So it is said to be infecting Windows systems according to this headline at eweek:

MySQL ‘Bot’ Attacks Windows Systems

So the headline is accurate, but it seems to me that this is a sneaky way to keep Microsoft in the picture here. In reality, this exploit attacks a weakness of MySQL and happens to be its implementation on the Windows version.