Storm Worm Anniversary Brings Fresh Variants
News The original Storm worm code, so named because the first spam run coincided with a severe winter storm in Europe, will reach its first anniversary on 19 January. The anniversary week of the first Storm worm attack has brought warnings of more Storm...
[January 18, 2008, 16:13]
Hackers Launch Bofra Banner Ad Attacks
News After receiving several reports of rogue banner ads infecting users, researchers at the SANS Internet Storm Center have cautioned that hackers may have attacked a large number of servers hosting the adverts.
[November 22, 2004, 14:05]
'Storm Worm' Slithers On
News Antivirus vendor Sophos called Storm Worm the "first big attack of 2007", with code being spammed out from hundreds of countries. The Trojan, named "Storm Worm" by antivirus vendor F-Secure, first started to spread on Friday as extreme storms...
[January 22, 2007, 13:06]
Increase In Windows Attacks Reported
News The SANS Internet Storm Center, Symantec, McAfee and several other security companies are warning of a new worm that wriggles into Windows PCs by way of a security flaw for which Microsoft issued a patch with security bulletin MS06-040 on 8 August.
[September 1, 2006, 9:05]
Storm Worm Stirs Up Email Virus Chaos
News According to warning notices from Postini as well as VeriSign, which has also been following the threat, clicking on the executable file in one of the new Storm worm emails installs a rootkit with anti-security measures, which mask the malicious...
[April 16, 2007, 11:24]
First Worm To Hit Oracle Databases Found
News If access is granted, the worm creates a table in the database under attack, according to the SANS Internet Storm Centre, which tracks network threats. A real malicious Oracle worm could destroy thousands of Oracle databases within hours and cause...
[November 2, 2005, 10:30]
Storm Worm Variant Using China Quake Emails
News The group has received reports of a new variant of the Storm worm that targets people interested in the 12 May earthquake that killed nearly 70,000 people and left five million homeless. Previous versions have used April Fools' Day and Valentine's...
[June 20, 2008, 8:03]
Phishing Overtakes Viruses And Trojans
News This includes the recent Storm Worm and Warezov attacks, according to MessageLabs. With Storm Worm there are clear spikes, then drops down to normal levels. More email at the moment does appear to be phishy rather than containing malicious...
[January 30, 2007, 13:12]
JPEG Worm Found On Instant Messenger
News It's been done in the past, but with HTML code instead of the JPEG," said Johannes Ullrich, CTO for SANS' Internet Storm Center, the organisation's online security research unit. A worm that exploits the recently discovered JPEG vulnerability has...
[September 30, 2004, 17:45]
MessageLabs: Watch Out For Audio And Video Spam
News The spam run of 15 million emails lasted 36 hours and used Storm worm-infected computers for the purposes of dissemination, MessageLabs said. Earlier this month, Sophos reported that spammers were exploiting YouTube's "invite your friends" function...
[October 30, 2007, 14:41]
OS X Under Attack
News The SANS Internet Storm Centre initially warned that this vulnerability could pose a serious threat. The worm uses a Bluetooth attack vector (input validation vulnerability) to spread. The first worm, dubbed Leap-A, spreads via Apple's iChat...
[March 1, 2006, 12:55]
Symantec: Storm Worm Changes Tack
News The Storm worm has evolved again, researchers from Symantec claim. The sustained development of the Storm worm (incorporating review cycles) indicates that we will continue to see solid infection rates going forward," wrote Parsons.
[November 2, 2007, 16:53]
Centrino Holed By Wi-Fi Flaws
News Another security hole makes the system vulnerable to attacks that let a malicious user gain additional privileges, according to security experts at Sans Internet Storm Center and F-Secure. One could allow an attacker to break into a PC via Wi-Fi or...
[August 3, 2006, 10:55]
Businesses 'don't Trust Traditional Antivirus Protection'
News And few believe they have the protection in place to weather the storm. The phenomenon of the 'Warhol worm' which spreads rapidly - and enjoys '15 minutes of fame' - has often done its damage long before patches have been put in place or a...
[July 7, 2004, 12:40]
Symantec: Evolved Storm Worm Attack Brewing
News The original Storm worm code, which appeared on 19 January, 2007, derived its name from the fact that the first spam linking to the malware coincided with a severe winter storm in Europe. Security vendor Symantec has warned that the Storm worm, the...
[May 6, 2008, 15:22]
FBI Warns Of New Storm Worm Variant
News On Wednesday, the FBI and its partner, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), warned against a new email campaign being used by the creators of the Storm worm botnet. Clicking on the link downloads malicious software onto the victim's computer.
[July 31, 2008, 8:15]
