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Worm wriggles through Yahoo mail flaw
June 12, 2006
JavaScript flaw lets worm send itself to other Yahoo Web mail addresses when user merely opens the e-mail.
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Worm lurks behind MySpace profiles
July 18, 2006
Spaceflash worm spreads by infecting "About me" pages, but it doesn't pose a high risk, Symantec says.
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Bluetooth worm targets Mac OS X
February 17, 2006
Pest isn't believed to have attacked users yet, but two examples of malicious software to target Mac OS in two days may signal trend.
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New 'botworm' exploits Symantec flaw
December 15, 2006
"Big Yellow" hits systems running Symantec's corporate antivirus tools, warns eEye Digital Security. Symantec says attacks are limited.
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OpenOffice worm Badbunny hops across operating systems
June 11, 2007
Malicious software, spreading through OpenOffice documents, "can infect Windows, Linux and Mac OS X systems," Symantec says.
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New worm's got sass, but not much else
May 3, 2004
The latest worm could spread widely, but security experts believe that computer users got lucky because the program is poorly coded.
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New worm targets Apple chat users
February 16, 2006
The file, which spreads via the company's IM software, isn't a major threat, but security experts say it hints at vulnerabilities.
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Kama Sutra worm hype may bite back
February 3, 2006
Some fear that the predicted doomsday scenarios followed by a nonevent may lead to complacency about security alerts.
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Name that worm--plan looks to cut through chaos
September 22, 2005
Plethora of different handles for the same threat can confuse security efforts. Common-identifier scheme looks to fix that.
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Alarm growing over bot software
April 30, 2004
Many network administrators fret about the next worm, but security experts warn that a quieter, equally damaging threat is gaining control of large networks of computers.
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Microsoft plugs worm hole in Windows
July 11, 2006
"Critical" flaw could let worm spread, company says, as it sends updates addressing 18 problems in Windows, Office.
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Anna virus fades late in game
February 13, 2001
Variants of a virus capitalizing on the popularity of 19-year-old Russian tennis player Anna Kournikova fail to add momentum to the worm's spread.
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