Neowin News Feed for: Worm

Trivia Tuesday: Security Nightmares

Tyler Holman — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 10:53:31 +0100

We all know 'em, and we all hate 'em: viruses, worms, trojans, spyware, and malware of any kind. From their origins in science fiction to Flame, Trivia Tuesday delves into your security nightmares. Read more...

Researcher claims stuxnet was a US/Israel joint venture

Piers Hausjell — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 11:11:05 +0000

A German researcher is claiming that the United States and Israel Intelligence and Special Operations department (Mossad) were behind the 2010 malicious Stuxnet worm which attempted to attack Iran's nuclear program. During the TED conference... Read more...

Twitter worm spreading virally, possibly connected to Gawker attack

Tzvi Friedman — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:22:37 +0000

Twitter is facing a worm this morning that, according to Mashable, is “spreading like wildfire.” The attack comes from tweets advertising acai berries and link to sites with URLs containing “acainews.” While the exact nature... Read more...

Microsoft disables links in Messenger to prevent malicious worm

Andrew Lyle — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 07:34:16 +0000

Some users over the weekend may have noticed that links in Windows Live Messenger 2009 will not work. This temporarily block is to ensure that a malicious worm doesn't spread through anymore computers. The Windows Live... Read more...

Microsoft's advice on Downadup worm is flawed

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:15:32 +0000

Earlier Neowin reported about the fast spread of Downadup worm which targeted unpatched networks and poor passwords. The estimated number of systems affected by Downadup is around 8.9 million and its still growing. Disabling AutoRun... Read more...

Windows worm hits 8.9 million PCs in past week

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:25:43 +0000

A windows worm named Conficker or Downadup or Kido (as called by various anti-virus vendors) which targets unpatched networks and poor passwords has been reported to have affected 2.4 million machines to over 8.9 million... Read more...

Sandisk launches 'WORM'

Horrocks — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:25:01 +0100

In our digital age, fears of data being compromised is high in positions such as law enforcement and politics. Sandisk has released a solution for these woes, entitled "WORM". (Write Once Read... Read more...

Web attack worm on a rampage

Steven Parker — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:30:05 +0100

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The Internet Storm Center, which tracks online threats, warned Wednesday that a worm is infecting vulnerable Web sites with a database attack. Though relatively small by Web attack standards with about 4,000 reported infected sites,... Read more...

Worm Squirms Through Google's Orkut

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:13:23 +0000

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A fast moving worm is squirming though Google's Orkut social network, adding hundreds of thousands of users to an Orkut community created by a Brazilian hacker. The worm, which first appeared on Dec. 19, has... Read more...

Storm Worm Uses YouTube Ruse

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:13:15 +0100

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Security pros are warning that distributors of the Storm Trojan are now using a YouTube video to lure users. Contained in e-mails with subject lines such as "sheesh man what are you thinking," the malicious... Read more...

Worm 'proves' Macs as vulnerable as PCs

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:27:40 +0100

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An anonymous security researcher claims to have developed a worm capable of delivering a malicious payload to fully-patched Mac OS X systems. A posting on the Information Security Sellout blog insists that the worm proves... Read more...

Skype worm jumps to ICQ, MSN

Slimy — Thu, 24 May 2007 22:28:57 +0100

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A new variant of the one year old Stration worm for Windows has made the jump from Skype to the ICQ and MSN Messenger networks. For a computer to be infected, a user must first... Read more...

New Worm Targets Portable Memory Drives

Slimy — Sat, 05 May 2007 04:11:28 +0100

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Researchers from security vendor Sophos say a new worm targeting removable drives, called the SillyFD-AA worm, searches for removable drives such as floppy disks and USB memory sticks and creates a hidden autorun.inf file which... Read more...

Author apologizes but fails to fix Panda worm

Slimy — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 03:00:03 +0100

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The first man to be arrested in China for virus-writing goes by the name of Li Jun, a 25 year-old man from Wuhan, who was arrested last month for allegedly selling copies of Panda. In... Read more...

Worm Spreading via Skype Chat?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:40:32 +0000

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Computer security analysts are studying reports of a worm that may be circulating via a feature in Skype's popular Voice over IP service. Security vendor Websense said the worm spreads through Skype's chat feature. Users... Read more...

'Porn' Worm Sent to 50,000 after Google Blunder

MonkeyClaw — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:22:33 +0000

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Google on Tuesday inadvertently sent the Kama Sutra email worm to the 50,000 subscribers of a Google Video email group. Three postings were made on Tuesday evening to an email list that sends out... Read more...

Botnet Herders Attack MS06-040 Worm Hole

Tom Warren — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:28:26 +0100

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The first wave of malicious attacks against the MS06-040 vulnerability is underway, using malware that hijacks unpatched Windows machines for use in IRC-controlled botnets. The attacks, which started late Aug. 12, use a variant of... Read more...

Worm Fears Raised After Release of Windows Malware

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:54:30 +0100

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Attack code exploiting a recently-patched vulnerability in Microsoft's Windows operating system has been posted to the Internet, prompting concerns of a widespread attack. The software was added to the widely used Metasploit project--a favorite of... Read more...

Exploit Code Published for Windows Worm Hole

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:04:32 +0100

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Detailed exploit code for a critical Windows worm hole has been published on the Internet, putting millions of users at risk of PC takeover attacks. The code, which was posted to the Milw0rm Web site,... Read more...

Worm poses as Windows Genuine Advantage

Steven Parker — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 15:10:12 +0100

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IT security experts have warned of a worm that purports to be Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) anti-piracy tool. WGA has recently been branded as 'spyware' in that it collects unnecessary hardware and software data... Read more...