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'Brad Pitt' virus targets Microsoft
March 31, 2005
Hackers release a worm, called Ahker-F, that promises salacious movie clips of celebrities.
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Mytob e-mail worm proliferating quickly
March 29, 2005
The mass-mailing varmint makes up in numbers what it lacks in heft, security watchers say.
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New worm poses DoS attack threat
October 31, 2003
Security experts sound the alarm about a new mass-mailing worm that attempts to launch a denial-of-service attack.
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Mytob worm picks up phishing trick
June 9, 2005
New variants of the Mytob worm are using a phishing-style e-mail to fool people into downloading malicious code.
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Sober worm makes a comeback
April 19, 2005
Mass-mailing pest is spreading again, harvesting e-mail addresses for spammers, security companies have warned.
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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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This week in worms
December 9, 2005
The wonderful world of worms has some new twists, but are most of us concerned? Apparently not.
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Worm baits hook with hints of pope plot
June 28, 2005
New pest, which poses as a breaking news alert about the death of John Paul II among other guises, can disable security software.
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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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Halloween treat for Oracle: A database worm
November 1, 2005
Proof-of-concept pest is believed to be the first to target Oracle databases.
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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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Spam seen as security risk
February 11, 2004
As unwanted e-mail continues to pour into in-boxes, more corporate customers are viewing it as a security risk, especially when e-mail based worms like MyDoom come onto the scene.
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Data-thieving worm targets Orkut users
June 16, 2006
Portuguese-speaking users of Google's social-networking site are especially at risk from worm that aims to steal banking data.
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Sober worm makes a comeback
May 6, 2005
Mass-mailing pest is spreading again, harvesting e-mail addresses for spammers, security companies have warned.
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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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Net watchers wary of Sasser fallout
May 6, 2004
A researcher warns that a hybrid worm could be spun off Sasser, as companies are told to include the money spent cleaning up such attacks in the cost of owning technology.
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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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MyDoom variant slams mailboxes, search engines
July 26, 2004
New version of worm clogs e-mail systems around world, slows Google, Yahoo, AltaVista and Lycos to a crawl.
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Security from A to Z: Love Bug
November 27, 2006
The computer virus caused an estimated $8.5 billion in damage, making it the most expensive to date. Part of a series on hot security topics.
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Updates aim to defuse Bagle ploy
March 4, 2004
Antivirus companies add a new trick to their arsenal against the fast-spreading worm, introducing software that decrypts the e-mail attachments that carry it.
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