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Linux worm creating P2P attack network
News A new worm that attacks Linux Web servers has compromised more than 3,500 machines, creating a rogue peer-to-peer network that has been used to attack other computers with a flood of data, security experts said on Saturday.
[September 16, 2002, 8:09]
Another worm crawls around Kazaa
News Users of file-swapping service Kazaa have been warned about a new worm that could put their computers under the remote control of hackers. Antivirus firm Kaspersky Labs said on Thursday that it had detected the worm, called Duload, spreading across...
[August 22, 2002, 17:03]
2001: Peer-to-peer technology grows up
News Once a PC was infected, this worm would monitor traffic on the Gnutella network. The appearance of a proof-of-concept worm travelling around the Gnutella network showed that peer-to-peer networks were susceptible to virus attack.
[December 28, 2001, 6:31]
Conficker wakes up, updates itself over P2P
News The Conficker worm started to update itself on Wednesday via peer-to-peer, and dropped a payload on infected computers, according to Trend Micro. The worm also tried to connect to MySpace.com, MSN.com, eBay.com, CNN.com and AOL.com, to test if the...
[April 9, 2009, 14:02]
Bagle uses Outlook flaw to speed replication
News Users no longer have to click on an attachment to spread the Bagle virus because the latest variants are exploiting an old flaw in Microsoft Outlook that allows the worm to spread even more quickly. Until the appearance of Bagle variants Q, R and S...
[March 18, 2004, 11:55]
Criminal hackers reach beyond Windows and IE review
Reviews Last summer, someone released the Cabir worm, designed to infect Symbian OS-equipped Nokia series 60 smartphones. Since the start of this year, the Cabir worm has been reported in nearly two dozen countries, including the United States.
[March 22, 2005, 7:50]
Verme: Worm Containment in Peer-to-Peer Overlays
White Papers Peer-to-peer overlays provide an ideal substrate for worm propagation. P2p-assisted worms have the potential to spread faster than traditional scanning worms because they have knowledge of a subset of the overlay nodes, and choose these nodes to...
[March 1, 2007, 0:00]
Instant messaging and P2P attacks skyrocket
News The recent Blaster worm hit just 26 days after the vulnerability was first announced. Security firm Symantec, which published its bi-annual Internet Threat Report on Wednesday, has found that the number of attacks over instant messaging and P2P...
[October 1, 2003, 17:49]
Email bigger strain on mobile networks than P2P
News The culprit, the operator found, was the Conficker worm. Email puts a much heavier load on 3G networks than web surfing or peer-to-peer applications, according to Alcatel-Lucent's research wing, Bell Laboratories.
[July 17, 2009, 16:17]
MSN Messenger used for viral gang warfare
News Just weeks after Microsoft forced millions of MSN Messenger users to update their client software in order to stop the spread of a worm, the popular instant messenger service is once more being exploited by virus writers.
[March 8, 2005, 8:30]
Proof-of-concept malware targets Windows PowerShell
News Security firm McAfee warned this week that it had detected the worm, called MSH/Cibyz. MSH/Cibyz is designed to spread using the Kazaa file-sharing network, and the worm runs in PowerShell, which is due to ship in the second half of this year.
[August 1, 2006, 17:40]
Almost half of Kazaa downloads 'threaten security'
News Hughes expects another major worm outbreak -- similar to Slammer and MSBlast -- to disrupt IT systems and cause billions of dollars worth of damage at some point in the year, but he also warns that mass mailers, such as Sobig, will continue to...
[January 6, 2004, 16:20]
Virus with SOCKS appeal targets corporate PCs
News The latest Bagle variant - alias Bagle.b.w (F-Secure) and W32/Bagle.CB@MM (McAfee) - was discovered late last week and although security companies say it's not spreading very quickly, computers that have been compromised by the worm will not be...
[August 8, 2005, 14:40]
OpenOffice bug hits multiple operating systems
News In June, OpenOffice users were warned about a worm called "Badbunny" that was spreading in the wild through multiple operating systems, including Mac OS, Windows and Linux. At the time, Symantec posted an advisory that said: "A new worm is being...
[September 25, 2007, 10:00]
Virus writers exchange coded insults
News To get their messages across, the worm writers are constantly changing their code to ensure they keep one step ahead of the antivirus companies. This isn't the first time worm authors have included a message in their malware.
[March 3, 2004, 12:30]
Microsoft bans employees from music swapping
News To support their point, they referred to two CNET News.com stories regarding separate security problems raised by Kazaa: exposing personal files and unleashing a worm. Microsoft warned its employees on Thursday night that no swapping of music or...
[July 29, 2002, 9:07]
TippingPoint to push into Euro security market
News If you're hit by a worm, all an IDS will do is tell you that 'by the way, you've got a worm in your system that's run riot through thousands of your machines, and I just wanted you to know that,'" Willebeek-LeMair said.
[October 23, 2003, 14:05]
Gates takes a side-swipe at Apple, Linux security
Talkback First Off, Lets agree that no operating system nowadays is safe from hackers, viruses trojans, worms and the rest of 'em but Windows operating systems seem to be the worst affected, maybe the fact that ports are intentionally left-open doen't help...
[January 28, 2004, 10:30]
Instant messaging attacks rise in 2005
News FaceTime warned last November that one hacker group had taken control of 17,000 PCs using an IM worm, and Boyd confirmed that this area was still causing problems. Security attacks over instant-messaging (IM) networks became more prevalent in 2005...
[January 10, 2006, 15:50]
Is your company habouring file-swappers?
News Peer-to-peer software can allow viruses to worm their way onto corporate networks, and transfers of large media files such as movies can take up large amounts of bandwidth, resulting in unexpected network costs for companies.
[July 16, 2003, 11:45]
