Tag: WORM

According to eEye Digital Security, the latest version of Symantec AntiVirus contains a security flaw that could be used to take control of the victim's PC "without any user action." eEye spokesperson Mike Puterbaugh describes the hole as "definitely wormable," i.e. malicious software could gain access to a machine, change or delete files at will, and spread itself to other machines. Symantec says ...

Maybe this isn't enough to sound the bell across the land, but, as expected, there are still security vulnerabilities out there hitting the Linux and Mac folks. Last week there was that Mac Trojan, which was just a proof-of-concept (and not a good one at that). There's still a nasty Safari hole that Ars Technica is insisting is a major problem. I'm inclined to agree, shell scripts can do some ...

If you haven't done it in awhile, today might be a good day to update your virus definitions and do a virus scan. That's because tomorrow the Kama Sutra worm, which security people estimate has infected hundreds of thousands of Windows PCs, is scheduled to release its payload. What's the payload? It not only deletes, but overwrites, as many of your documents as it can find. It's the overwriting ...

A worm dubbed IM.GiftCom.All or just "Santa" is making the rounds on all three major IM networks, AIM, MSN, and Yahoo!. The Santa worm sends potential victims a link to a file which displays an image of Santa Claus while installing a rootkit in the background, which in turn uses the victim's buddy lists to spread. IM security firm IMlogic has rated the worm a "medium" threat, ...

I love Cnet. Seriously. One day they report a new Windows worm dubbed "Zotob" isn't spreading very well, the next day it's "knocking out computers" left and right. Sometimes I wonder why they're still in my newsreader. Anyway, apparently Win 2K, XP and 2K3 are affected, though 2K is the only succeptible to a remote attack. The worm can allegedly "wreak havoc" says the ...