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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 772 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: the storm worms family tree comments Discuss  
New research suggests that the infamous Storm worm has its roots in a computer worm that first surfaced as early as 2004, two-and-a-half years prior to Storm's widely-recognized birthday. The findings come from security researchers at Damballa, a start-up in Atlanta that monitors activity from botnets, large groupings of hacked, remotely-controlled computers that criminals use for spamming and other online illegal activity. According to the researchers, Storm was born from the ashes of the "Bobax...Please read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 764 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn friendly worms spread software fixes comments Discuss  
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13318-friendly-worms-could-spread-software-fixes.htmlBy Tom SimoniteNewScientist.com news service14 February 2008Microsoft researchers are hoping to use "information epidemics" to distribute software patches more efficiently.Milan Vojnovic and colleagues from Microsoft Research in Cambridge, UK, want to make useful pieces of information such as software updates behave more like computer worms: spreading between computers instead of being downloaded fro read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 719 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: storm worms exploit april fools comments Discuss  
Lazy attack aims to dupe the credulousThe miscreants behind the Storm Worm botnet have taken advantage of April Fools' day in a bid to infect more Windows PCs.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 712 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: hp proliant usb key riddled worms comments Discuss  
StreuthHP Australia has warned that optional USB keys shipped with some of its Proliant servers are infected by malware.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 684 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: good worms bad idea comments Discuss  
Some bad ideas are so cool that they never go away. In the end, will Botman swoop down to save the day?...$2.50 1GB SVN Hosting SSL, Trac included. No risk trial. Sign up today. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 597 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: worms spread spam facebook myspace comments Discuss  
'Paris Hilton Tosses Dwarf On The Street'Miscreants have created a pair of worms targeting MySpace and Facebook users. Two variants of a new worm - dubbed Koobface - are the first to use social engineering sites to press-gang infected machines into botnets, warns net security firm Kaspersky Lab.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 502 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: windows rpc exploit spawns bots worms comments Discuss  
An evil spellMiscreants are taking advantage of slowness in patching systems with an emergency Windows security fix issued late last month to spread malware.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 383 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: koobface variant worms social networking sites comments Discuss  
Facebook reject 'martial law' app vetting ideaA new strain of the Koobface worm is spreading across social networking sites including Facebook, MySpace and Bebo.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 354 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: final thoughts conficker worms security impact april nears comments Discuss  
While much attention has been paid to April 1 by those interested in the Conficker worm, the fact is that taking some precautions can keep Conficker out of your enterprise altogether. Security researchers have made available a plethora of information about how to detect and remove the worm, as everyone waits to see what will happen next. - As the Conficker worm continues to dominate headlines, users should keep somethings in mind. Despite the talk of a doomsday, there are a number of Conficker mitigatio read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 334 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: twitter riddled worms scams again comments Discuss  
Who will stop the madness?Multiple new versions of the Mikeyy cross-site scripting worm spread across the Twitter micro-blogging network over the weekend.…Whitepaper - Protecting small business server and other tips for SMBs read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 334 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: twitter celebrities hit mikeyy worms comments Discuss  
OPINION: It's a sign of how vulnerable some of our systems are and how weak rule enforcement is that Mikeyy is still abusing Twitter users today. And other malefactors are getting in on his act. - Mikey Mooney, author of the Twitter worm, released another one Saturdaynight, accordingto security software firm F-Secure.After thefirst round of Twitter worms he created a week ago Mikeyy, as he was knownon Twitter, said he did it out of boredom, but that he wouldn't be upset to geta jo... read more »
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