Google Stops Spread Of Santy Worm
News Antivirus companies say the Santy worm, which searches Google for sites that use a vulnerable version of the phpBB bulletin board software, is spreading quickly - it had already infected about 40,000 Web sites by Tuesday evening.
[December 22, 2004, 8:05]
Anti-Santy Worm Spreads
News An anti-Santy worm that uses search engines to spread among online bulletin boards has been spotted, F-Secure confirmed on Friday. The anti-Santy worm searches Google for sites that use phpBB bulletin board software, infects the sites and attempts...
[December 31, 2004, 12:00]
Anti-Santy Worm Spreads
Talkback Anti-Santy is alive and well. Upgrading phpbb to 2.0.11 fixes the problem, but this worm is indeed alive and well. It hit minnesotalindy.com, swingoutdc.com, and swingdjs.com today. Note: It essentially acts as a DDOS not only by the volume of...
[January 25, 2005, 4:02]
Anti-Santy Worm Spreads
Talkback Do you think the antivirus companies are worried that writing a beneficial worm would put them out of business? You Betcha! Do you think it would eliminate the need to have builky expensive antivirus software on the machines?
[January 1, 2005, 18:30]
Google Stops Spread Of Santy Worm
Talkback this is cool man , keep on truckin
[February 28, 2006, 17:41]
Google Worm Turns To AOL And Yahoo
News Days after Google acted to thwart the Santy worm, security firms warned that variants have begun to spread using both Google and other search engines. The Santy problem originally flared up a week ago as bulletin board Web sites found their pages...
[December 28, 2004, 7:00]
Crowt.A Virus Preys On News Junkies
News The Santy worm, for example, used a real-time search of Google to find vulnerable computers. A program that records information entered into the infected computer, known as a keylogger, could also snare a victim's log-in information, Sophos said in...
[January 21, 2005, 14:10]
Google Hacking Expected To Boom In 2005
News In August, a MyDoom variant used Google to find email addresses and a few months later the Santy worm found vulnerable bulletin board applications using various search engines. Security experts are predicting a massive increase this year in so...
[January 14, 2005, 8:25]
Google Hacking Tool Looks For Security Gaps
News Recently, the Santy worm used Google queries to find potentially vulnerable computers, which the program would then try to infect with its code. McAfee has released an update to its tool that uses Google to automatically search for security holes...
[January 11, 2005, 7:35]
