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InternetNews April 27, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Conficker Awakens With Scareware and Spam The new activity on the Conficker botnet shows that the criminal economy is functioning well. |
InternetNews January 22, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Downadup: The Web's Next Big Threat? Experts blame a lack of patching and an advanced design for the rise of a worm that could outpace Storm. |
InternetNews March 31, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
Conficker: Over 300,000 Domains Blocked, Millions Infected With mere hours to go before activation, the April Fool's Day worm isn't all hype -- and it's no joke, either. |
InternetNews April 1, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
Conficker's Real Lesson: It Was All Your Fault Doomsday didn't come, but the risk remains because users don't know any better. |
InternetNews March 27, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Conficker Countdown: Experts Stress Caution Malware code has infected millions of PCs and will activate on April 1. What do security insiders say users need to know? |
InternetNews April 6, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
Say Hello to Conficker's Cousin, Neeris Conficker isn't the only worm out there exploiting a vulnerability that often remains unpatched. |
InternetNews July 31, 2009 |
Researchers: Conficker Still an Active Threat Over 5.5 million infected PC are still out there, but have the authors abandoned it? |
InternetNews November 3, 2009 |
'Scareware' and Worms Top Corporate Threat List Despite headway, IT still has their security work cut out for them. |
InternetNews April 13, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
Conficker Hits Utah The persistent worm claims a fresh pack of victims. |
InternetNews April 9, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
Conficker Evolves With New Variant Last week's inscrutable threat is at it again. |
Popular Mechanics March 31, 2009 Glenn Derene |
How to Protect Yourself from Conficker, the April Fools' Day Worm How can an average PC user find out if his computer is infected with Conficker? |
InternetNews May 4, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Cyber Threats to Health IT, Smart Grid All Too Real Medical devices were infected with the insidious Conficker worm, according to security experts. |
InternetNews April 10, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
Conficker's 'Kido' Spinoff Gets Busy Spamming Report says one bot can send up to 80,000 e-mails a day. |
InternetNews November 9, 2010 |
USB Devices Pose New Security Threats Portable drives and storage devices are a leading source of malware, according to one security software developer. |
Scientific American June 2009 Michael Moyer |
What Conficker Reveals About Internet Crime The worm exposes the sophisticated international criminal networks behind modern computer viruses |
InternetNews May 19, 2009 |
Gumblar: Biggest Threat on the Web Today? A new trojan has grown quickly, and experts aren't mincing words in describing the danger. |
InternetNews August 14, 2009 |
Twitter Used as Botnet Control As bot herders learn to exploit legitimate sites, researchers warn that IT managers will need to monitor social media closely. |
InternetNews July 1, 2009 Alex Goldman |
F-Secure: Adobe Still Unpatched as Attacks Rise In its quarterly threat update, security company F-Secure warned that many known vulnerabilities remain unpatched, and flaws in popular Adobe software are at the top of that list. |
InternetNews January 26, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner |
Worm Adds Insult to Injury Internet users infected with a virus may not feel particularly brilliant, but a new worm reported by PandaLabs will actually tell them they're not. Cisum.A sends an MP3 that tells infected users they're idiots. |
PC World October 24, 2007 Erik Larkin |
The Internet's Public Enemy Number One The Storm Worm has infected so many machines that it's now one of the most powerful supercomputers. |
InternetNews September 30, 2010 |
'Here You Have' Worm Takes Toll In September The new version of an old malware trick was the single largest security threat to enterprise IT departments last month. |
PC World October 31, 2001 Sam Costello |
Nimda Variant Spreads Across Net Virus author claims ownership rights and asserts name: 'CV'... |
InternetNews December 29, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner |
It's That Time: 'Happy New Year' Worms Once again an e-mail worm with the title 'Happy New Year' is making the rounds. |
InternetNews May 26, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
Korgo Worm Targets LSASS Flaw The detection of a new network worm is a clear indication that users have still not applied Microsoft's MS04-011 update. |
InternetNews September 27, 2010 |
Stuxnet Worm Infests Iranian Nuclear Plant The aggressive and decidedly crafty Stuxnet worm has struck Iran's first nuclear power facility, government officials said Monday. |
PC World November 27, 2002 Paul Roberts |
New E-Mail Worm Causing Severe Damage Winevar could delete all the files on a computer's hard drive, while also mocking the user. |
InternetNews December 23, 2008 Richard Adhikari |
New E-holiday Card Virus Surfaces A new worm has emerged that could be much worse than the notorious Storm worm, which ruled the botnet world for nearly two years. |
InternetNews March 17, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner |
Botnets on The Run? Security researchers have identified numerous botnets of zombies in recent days and in at least one case ended their reign of the undead. |
PC Magazine March 14, 2007 Larry Seltzer |
A Storm Blows Through the Web The Storm Worm virus is old news. Where is it now? |
PC World May 9, 2002 Brian Sullivan |
'Cute' Trojan Horse Spreading by E-Mail Worm has been rated low risk, but could damage firewall and security programs on infected PCs... |
InternetNews August 15, 2005 Jim Wagner |
Zotob Targets Windows Update Laggards A critical vulnerability in Microsoft's plug-and-play code can wreak havoc on unpatched PCs. |
InternetNews May 7, 2010 Larry Barrett |
Messenger Worm Preys On Users' Trust Hackers took advantage of a security gap in Yahoo Messenger and a bevy of Windows operating systems to spread malware through the instant messaging client. |
InternetNews April 9, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Microsoft: Majority of File Exploits Avoidable Microsoft's latest security report includes a new category of data with astonishing implications. |
PC World January 27, 2003 Williams et al. |
Spread of Slammer Worm Slows Investigators are searching for the source of the worm that caused major disruptions to Internet service over the weekend. |
PC World September 4, 2001 Kim Zetter |
Did FBI Ignore Code Red Warning? Fast-spreading malicious worm may have had a less successful predecessor... |
PC World August 9, 2001 Joris Evers |
Microsoft Sees Red: Worm Infects Its Own Servers Neglecting its own servers, Microsoft gets hit by the worm it urged customers to avoid... |
PC World September 19, 2001 Frank Thorsberg |
Nimda Worm Continues Attack Security firms identify some damage in the wake of worm traveling the world by e-mail... |
InternetNews June 13, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner |
Worm Has a Yen For Yahoo Mail Worm wrigglers have apparently targeted Yahoo's popular Webmail with a new virus. But so far, it's a bust. |
PC World September 18, 2001 Frank Thorsberg |
Multi-Fanged Worm Starts Global Attack New mass-mailing worm starts sophisticated attack on PCs and servers worldwide... |
InternetNews April 2, 2008 Andy Patrizio |
Do You Know Where That USB Drive Has Been? Antivirus firm finds USB drives and other removable media spread the most prolific forms of malware last month. |
PC World September 11, 2002 Paul Roberts |
September 11 Worm Spreading by E-Mail Worm contains bugs that keep it from spreading, lowering its threat level, experts say. |
PC Magazine October 14, 2003 |
The Lookout: Blaster and SoBig Move In The Blaster worm continued to tear through the Internet in August, followed almost immediately by an improved version of the SoBig worm, as security experts struggled to find and fix infected systems. |
InternetNews September 9, 2009 |
IRS Spoof Latest Cutwail Spam Scam McAfee's MX Logic says new botnet spam campaign targets paranoid taxpayers at more than 90,000 messages an hour. |
PC World February 24, 2003 Tom Krazit |
Lovgate.C Worm Crawls Across Web Leading antivirus vendors post inoculations for newest pest. |
InternetNews November 23, 2009 |
Second iPhone Worm Targets Personal Data The second incident of espionage on jailbroken iPhones is much nastier than its prank-like predecessor. |
InternetNews February 23, 2005 Jim Wagner |
FBI: We're Not Infecting You The culprit, according to e-mail security sites Symantec and F-Secure, could be a new strain of the Sober.K worm, which spoofs the domain addresses of a number of e-mail servers. |
InternetNews August 24, 2005 Tim Gray |
In Any Language, IM Worm a Pain A new "multiple language" smart worm is spreading through Instant Messaging. It is a new variant of the Kelvir instant messaging worm dubbed Kelvir.HI. |
InternetNews January 2, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
MSN Messenger Worm Making Rounds Jitux.A worm uses the popular IM network to spread itself. |
InternetNews May 18, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner |
Estonia Under Russian Cyber Attack? Data by a security research firm clearly shows that a full-scale assault is under way, but the attackers' identity and location is still uncertain. |
PC World March 22, 2002 Sam Costello |
File-Deleting Bill Clinton Virus Reported Also called MyLife, virus promises humor but may deliver trouble to the unsuspecting... |