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Most Email Was Spam In 2007 Syndicate content

Spam comprised 95 percent of all email traffic in 2007 according to anti-spam company SpamStopsHere. Spammers experimented with attaching encoded messages in a variety of file formats including MP3, Zip, Excel, Word and PDF. MP3 spam proved to be short lived. Spammers attached MP3 files named after popular songs and artists. When a recipient opened the attachment an electronic voice delivered a message promoting a stock for a particular company.
News Tags: Technology, Email, worm, Security, Spam

Storm Worm Spreads In YouTube Spam Syndicate content

One of the most prolific worms in recent memory has been seen in connection with spam that purports to be from a friend who wants you to see a YouTube video.
News Tags: Storm Worm, blog, Labs, YouTube, Spam, worm

MySpace Phishes For The Worm Syndicate content

MySpace hooks the phising sites by removing the worm from user profiles.
News Tags: Digg, Delicious, MySpace, Reddit, worm

Flash Worm Leads to No MySpace Widget Love Syndicate content

TechCrunch is reporting that third-party MySpace widgets such as those by the ever popular YouTube are no longer allowed to have link throughs.

Ho Ho No! Santa Worm On IM Syndicate content

Users of instant messaging systems MSN, AIM, ICQ, and Yahoo could get smacked with a worm that entices people to click on a link to Santa Claus.
News Tags: Yahoo, Santa, worm

Sober Worm Algorithms Finnished Syndicate content

The scheme used by the virus writer behind the Sober worms to determine where it will connect on the Internet has been cracked by the Finnish security firm.
News Tags: Security, worm

Worm Sobers Up FBI, CIA Syndicate content

The ever-popular Sober worm is making the rounds again in a new and exciting format. The ugly little worm is circulating through email and it looks all nice and official because someone is receiving email from either the FBI or the CIA. Many may ask what they've done wrong to warrant attention from the FBI or CIA. Nothing much really you just happen to have an email account.
News Tags: FBI, worm, CIA

AIM Worm Installs Rootkit Syndicate content

FaceTime Security Labs reported that a variant of the Sdbot worm has been making the rounds on AIM via chats and instant messaging.
News Tags: worm, AIM

The Web 2.0 MySpace Friend-Generating Worm Syndicate content

Philipp writes about the worm that caused Samy to be a hero, and helped him gather a million friends.
News Tags: Music, Web, worm, MySpace, InsideGoogle

Worm Spoofs Google, Yahoo, and MSN Search Syndicate content

Another worm that modifies the hosts file redirects queries sent to Google, MSN, or Yahoo to spoofed versions of those pages.
News Tags: Search, Yahoo, Google, MSN, Reports, worm