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Worm Exploits Solaris To Attack IIS Sites
News New computer worm exploits a known vulnerability in Solaris to attack Websites based on Microsoft's IIS server US-based Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) warned today of a new computer worm that exploits vulnerabilities in common Internet...
[May 8, 2001, 13:35]
Worm Hits Europe's Mobile Phones
News The worm, dubbed Timophonica, activates via email but sends text messages to random mobile phone numbers through an email to GSM gateway in Spain. This is not, in fact, the first time a computer worm has affected phones.
[June 6, 2000, 14:03]
Worm Exploits Major Windows Flaw
News The fast-spreading MSBlast worm seems to be crashing as many Windows computers as it's infecting, demonstrating to administrators that they need to patch their systems, security experts said on Monday.
[August 12, 2003, 8:55]
Worm Cuts Off Antivirus Programs
News A new worm variant that can terminate antivirus applications was discovered last Friday, prompting Internet security vendor F-Secure to issue a level two warning. EXE.or Com attachments, and according to F-Secure, the worm "terminates all...
[June 15, 2004, 10:05]
Worm And Virus Overload Networks
Talkback Yet again, those people using Exchange and outlook are being massacred with the new worm.and those people using Lotus Notes are sitting happy either watching their virus scanners catch the virus or, if they are unfortunate enough to open the...
[August 20, 2003, 10:26]
Worm Sparks Rise In Zombie PCs
News On Tuesday, CipherTrust reported a 23 percent growth in the total number of zombie PCs detected this week alone, due, they said, to the release of a modification of the Mocbot worm. The company said it has identified an average of 265,000 zombies...
[August 22, 2006, 17:10]
Worm Exploits Solaris Hole
News A computer worm is using a recently disclosed flaw in Sun' operating system to propagate, experts have warned. The worm attempts to log into systems running Solaris 10, execute a number of commands to plant itself and then spread to other...
[March 1, 2007, 8:06]
Worm Detector Looks Out For Bad Behaviour
News If a laptop infected with a worm is plugged into the touch-down area, InterSpect will physically stop that device from attaching to the corporate network. The MSBlast worm was released in August of the same year -- and although the vulnerability...
[January 20, 2004, 14:15]
Worm Could Be Clearing Path For DDoS Attack
News A new worm that leaves behind two Trojan horse programs has begun spreading over the Internet, and may be paving the way for a crippling distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. This worm runs on Windows 2000, XP, and the Server 2003 family.
[March 10, 2003, 8:53]
Worm Warfare Rages On
News The first worm, dubbed Zotob, appeared on Sunday and appeared to have faded on Monday. However, several Zotob offshoots and another new worm, Bozori, were subsequently unleashed. The worm battle has likely only just begun, said Alex Shipp, a senior...
[August 18, 2005, 9:00]
Worm's Growth Contained As Deadline Looms
News The MSBlast worm's infection rate has slowed as companies and home users clean up compromised computers, according to antivirus firms. Click here for help on countering the worm. If successful, the manoeuvre will frustrate efforts to patch the...
[August 15, 2003, 8:50]
Worm And Virus Overload Networks
News A "good" Internet worm and a new malicious mass-mailing computer virus are creating an enormous amount of network traffic, slowing some corporate systems, security experts said on Tuesday. The Internet worm -- called MSBlast.D, W32.Welchia or W32...
[August 20, 2003, 8:35]
Worm/Ngvck
White Papers Central Command has discovered a new Internet worm named "Worm/Ngvck. This Internet worm has not been found in-the-wild at the time of this message but due to it use of the terms in the Subject line "Windows update" and in the message body claims...
[May 4, 2004, 0:00]
Worm Exploits Major Windows Flaw
Talkback Just because your computer got hit with a worm doesn't mean you had a "hacker" after you. Jesus H Christ. Learn what is what before you open your mouth to insert your foot.
[August 12, 2003, 20:27]
Worm Spreads Happy Nude Year Greeting
News Antivirus companies have unearthed a computer worm that hides behind an image of naked people. According to antivirus company Sophos, the naughty New Year photo message contains a mass-mailing worm, dubbed Wurmark-D, that is programmed to disable...
[January 11, 2005, 16:45]
Worm Wriggles Through Yahoo Mail Flaw
News A new worm that targets Yahoo email users is on the loose, taking advantage of an JavaScript flaw, a security company has warned. The Yamanner worm targets all versions of Yahoo Web-based mail except the latest beta version, Symantec said in an...
[June 13, 2006, 9:25]
Worm Exploits Major Windows Flaw
Talkback I fought the worm. Took me all day to get it off my computer. I first noticed the Win 32 generic host 32 message as early as Thursday or perhaps wednesday on my computer. It was then shutting down my computer about evey 3 or 4 hours or so, and...
[August 12, 2003, 11:56]
Worm Targets Security Software
News A destructive new worm that destroys antivirus software on infected computers was slowly spreading on Wednesday. The Maldal.D worm, also known as ZaCker, was written and distributed on 29 December, according to antivirus software maker Symantec...
[January 3, 2002, 9:24]
Worm Alert! LOVELETTER Gets Nastier
News Security software maker Symantec warned computer users and businesses of a new, destructive worm -- apparently based on ILOVEYOU -- that had hit three Israeli and European clients by Thursday night. For example, the worm might find the file "mydoc...
[May 19, 2000, 8:33]
Worm Attacks MSN Messenger
News A worm that uses Microsoft's MSN Messenger application to exploit a browser glitch emerged late on Wednesday and spread rapidly, despite the existence of a patch covering the security hole, according to experts.
[February 14, 2002, 14:38]
