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FBI warns of new Storm worm variant

...against a new email campaign being used by the creators of the Storm worm botnet. The email uses the the phrase 'FBI vs Facebook' in... Read more

31 July, 2008 by Robert Vamosi

Storm worm anniversary brings fresh variants

The anniversary week of the first Storm worm attack has brought warnings of more Storm variants being sent out... Read more

18 January, 2008 by Tom Espiner

Storm worm stirs up email virus chaos

...according to security company Postini. Postini said that two variations of the Storm worm virus, which originally spread across the internet in January, have quickly... Read more

16 April, 2007 by Caroline McCarthy

Storm worm variant using China quake emails

...inbox. The group has received reports of a new variant of the Storm worm that targets people interested in the 12 May earthquake that killed... Read more

20 June, 2008 by Elinor Mills

Storm worm resurfaces, tries love angle again

...After a hiatus, the gang behind the Storm worm is attempting to exploit people's curiosity about a fictional love... Read more

3 June, 2008 by Tom Espiner

Symantec: Evolved Storm worm attack brewing

Security vendor Symantec has warned that the Storm worm, the malware which contributes to the Storm botnet, is continuing to... Read more

6 May, 2008 by Tom Espiner

Symantec: Storm worm changes tack

The Storm worm has evolved again, researchers from Symantec claim. To streamline the worm... Read more

2 November, 2007 by Tom Espiner

Storm worm spammers exploit Halo 3 buzz

...Cluley, said this case differs to the technique commonly associated with the Storm worm, which typically targets PCs for the job of sending spam. According... Read more

10 October, 2007 by Liam Tung

Storm worm: More powerful than Blue Gene

Criminals behind the Storm worm have created a botnet containing millions of PCs, which have a... Read more

12 September, 2007 by Liam Tung

Storm worm resurfaces

The Storm worm is undergoing a resurgence but, unlike the first variant, which had... Read more

17 August, 2007 by Victoria Ho

Storm Worm variant sneaks into blogs

A variant of the Trojan horse attacks known as Storm Worm emerged Monday, targeting people who post blogs and notices to bulletin... Read more

28 February, 2007 by Dawn Kawamoto

Spammers using Google Sites to bypass filters

...new form of spam that is generated by botnets controlled by the Storm worm. The spam automatically downloads a rogue anti-spyware program called Antivirus... Read more

5 August, 2008 by Matthew Broersma

Hackers to focus on iPhone next year

...the year of the browser exploit, the data breach, spyware and the Storm worm. We expect 2008 to be the year of the iPhone attack... Read more

13 December, 2007 by Eileen Yu

MessageLabs: Watch out for audio and video spam

...The spam run of 15 million emails lasted 36 hours and used Storm worm-infected computers for the purposes of dissemination, MessageLabs said. The MP3... Read more

30 October, 2007 by Tom Espiner
Measurements and Mitigation of Peer-to-Peer-Based Botnets: A Case Study on <endeca_term>Storm Worm</endeca_term>

Measurements and Mitigation of Peer-to-Peer-Based Botnets: A Case Study on Storm Worm

...P2P botnets. In a case study, the paper examines in detail the Storm Worm botnet, the most wide-spread P2P botnet currently propagating in the... Read more

18 February, 2008

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knapper

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I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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yeah! all we want free software

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Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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UnderINK

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