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In a clever twist on mass-mailed malware, a new worm masquerades as a CNN breaking news bulletin complete with updated headlines to mimic the stories appearing on CNN.com. The content of the e-mail also comes directly from the news site. Astute e-mail users will note, however, that the bogus e-mail ...
Two new variants of the Cabir mobile phone virus have been discovered, indicating that the source code for the virus is available in the malware underground. Even more troubling, the new variants are smarter than the old. The attackers appear to be following the same path as Internet worm writers, i...
They've become another symbol of the holiday season -- the menorah, the Christmas tree, the colors of Kwanzaa, and now the holiday worms that hide in online greetings, e-mails and Web sites. This year's malicious software, or malware, arrived yesterday in the form of a new Zafi worm variant, Zafi.D,...
In an attempt to get a jump on the spread of malware through instant messaging, a group of security firms has banded together to create a community of watchdogs that will share information about potential threats. IMlogic has set up a free "threat center" where it will post information on viruses, w...
Universities have begun thwarting the operation of software that promises to accelerate Internet performance and protect its users from malware infections because they feel the program is actually spyware. A number of schools, including Columbia University, Cornell, Indiana State and Penn State, hav...
Hewlett-Packard has worked out the bugs in software it says will slow down the spread of worms and viruses within servers. Virus Throttler -- which HP had said it was shelving back in August because it was having trouble integrating it with Microsoft Windows server software -- is now back, HP CTO To...
Internet Explorer users who are not running Microsoft's Windows XP Service Pack 2 are vulnerable to an attack that infiltrates through the banner ads on some Web sites. Hackers this weekend broke into a server used by Falk eSolution of Germany to deliver banner ads to Web sites. The hackers loaded e...
Computer Associates yesterday announced the launch of its eTrust PestPatrol Anti-Spyware r5. The new product integrates CA's eTrust Security Management software portfolio with a revised version of the PestPatrol anti-spyware application CA acquired in an earlier buyout. The software, with a retail p...
A new flavor of the Bagle worm that reared its head Thursday is spreading rapidly around the Internet through e-mail and file-sharing programs. The difference between Bagle.bb and the other variants that surfaced since the initial attack is the way they are packed or which files drop onto the machin...
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