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New worm targets Linux systems
November 8, 2005
"Lupper" takes advantage of vulnerabilities in Web server software to propagate and install a backdoor.
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McAfee Inc.
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Kama Sutra worm seduces PC users
January 23, 2006
Promise of explicit images gets people to click on a malicious attachment, sending a new worm to the top of the worldwide virus charts.
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Zafi worm proves a holiday pest
December 16, 2004
The worm, which travels as an e-Christmas card, is clogging e-mail bandwidth and cropping up in the majority of virus reports.
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Microsoft Security Update MS03-026
Security patch to prevent Blaster Worm virus
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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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F-Secure Corp.
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Bluetooth
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Apple Mac OS X
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Apple Computer
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Apple Macintosh
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Net worm using Google to spread
December 21, 2004
The program uses the search engine to look for sites using a vulnerable version of PHP bulletin-board software. Photo: Eaten by worm
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PHP
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Google Inc.
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Google squashes Santy worm
December 22, 2004
Search firm shuts off ability of worm--which searched for victims via Google--to replicate.
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Google Inc.
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MyDoom virus
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query
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Worms and holes and exploits, oh my
December 9, 2005
Software flaws keep adding up, but so do the fixes. The question is, are you quick enough to keep up?
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Norton Co.
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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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Yahoo! Inc.
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Symantec Corp.
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Yahoo! Mail
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JavaScript
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'Nimda' worm strikes Net, e-mail
September 19, 2001
The Nimda worm floods the Internet with scans for vulnerable servers and e-mail, prompting the FBI to create a task force to investigate the attack, sources say.
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Code Red worm
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Symantec Corp.
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Sober code cracked
December 9, 2005
Antivirus firms crack an algorithm that was being used by the worm to "communicate" with its author.
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F-Secure Corp.
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Worm plays games with victims
January 13, 2005
Cellery program lets victims play Tetris while it tries to infects other computers.
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Sophos Plc.
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video game
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games
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antivirus
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Microsoft Corp.
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Net threats hit servers, phones
June 16, 2004
Akamai confirms an attack on its network that took down Google, Yahoo and others. Also: Smart phones draw their first worm.
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Akamai Technologies Inc.
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Google Inc.
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Microsoft Corp.
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Site-blocking worm carries phishing risk
April 11, 2005
Worm alters system files to block some antivirus company Web sites--a ploy that could be used in phishing scams, Trend Micro warns.
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Trend Micro Inc.
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Microsoft Corp.
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Bawdy holiday worm preys on prurience
January 11, 2005
Sophos identifies a new attack that lures victims with a photo of naked people.
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Graham Cluley
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Updated MyDoom targets Google--again
February 17, 2005
Worm searches for e-mail addresses in the infected PC's domain--targeting all users from a specific company or ISP.
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Sophos Plc.
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AltaVista Co.
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Lycos Inc.
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e-mail address
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Google Inc.
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Yahoo! Inc.
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This worm wishes you a Happy New Year
December 29, 2006
Security experts warn of a Trojan horse disguised as celebratory e-mail that could turn a PC into a spamming zombie.
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iDefense
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spamming
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worm
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holiday
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McAfee Inc.
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trojan horse
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expert
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e-mail
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antivirus
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message
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Microsoft Windows
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Google's search for security
December 22, 2004
Being a big winner in the Internet world makes the search giant a target, and a tool, for hackers.
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Google Inc.
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hacker
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Microsoft Corp.
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Bin Laden Trojan quickly constrained
June 4, 2005
A Trojan-carrying spam e-mail that purports to offer pictures of a captured Osama bin Laden tricks few Internet users.
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Osama bin Laden
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F-Secure Corp.
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al-Qaida
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worm
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McAfee Inc.
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picture
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trojan horse
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antivirus
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TV
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e-mail
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PC
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Sober worm offshoot trades on Paris Hilton, FBI
November 22, 2005
Worm variant flares up in the wild, playing on lure of heiress and fear of Fed snooping, but is coming under control.
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Paris
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