Monday, January 02, 2012
New worms part of larger cybermalware campaign Kaspersky Lab researchers believe there's some evidence of a connection between the Stuxnet and Duqu worms, suggesting they were created by a single team
Friday, September 24, 2010
Beware Stuxnet, the new breed of cyber destruction The devious worm first discovered in Iran in July and built to attack the physical world that is industrial control systems is not your run-of-the-mill threat, warns a Symantec expert. The new era of cyber attacks on the smart devices that manage your life
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Was Stuxnet built to attack Iran's nuclear program? A German security researcher says a worm designed to target software for industrial systems made by Siemens AG may have had Iran’s Bushehr nuclear reactor as a target. It seems to target supervisory control and data acquisition, or SCADA systems.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Cyber jihad group linked to 'Here you have' worm SecureWorks Inc. says the worm, which causes users’ e-mail software to send messages to their colleagues in the hopes they will download a malicious attachment, is similar to malware released by a hacker who uses the handle Iraq Resistance
Friday, September 10, 2010
'Here you have' e-mail worm spreads quickly If you get a message from a colleague with “here you have” in the subject line it is probably a worm. A Symantec Corp. IT security expert said it appears to affect Microsoft Corp. Outlook users
Thursday, August 05, 2010
Stuxnet industrial worm was written over a year ago Stuxnet, which targets supervisory control and data acquisition systems made by Siemens AG, was created as early as June, 2009, according to Symantec Corp. researchers. Some claim the malware creators stole encryption keys made by Realtek Semiconductor Corp. and JMicron Technology Corp.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Iran was prime target of SCADA worm The Stuxnet worm affecting supervisory control and data acquisition systems made by Siemens AG may have been spreading since as early as January. Symantec Corp. says most systems affected by the worm are in Iran
Friday, July 23, 2010
Siemens: Removing SCADA worm may harm plants German manufacturer Siemens AG warned users that removing the Stuxnet worm discovered last week could affect industrial operations. The malicious software is written for supervisory control and data acquisition systems.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
After worm, Siemens says don't change passwords Although a newly discovered worm could allow criminals to break into Siemens AGs industrial automation systems using a default password, Siemens is telling customers to leave their passwords...
Monday, June 28, 2010
SanDisk's SD card can store data for 100 years The cards can be written on only once, the company said. The card is designed for long-time preservation of crucial data like legal documents, medical files and forensic evidence
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
LoveBug worm hit 10 years ago during a simpler time In May, 2000 you probably got an email from a colleague with “I love you” in the subject line. You probably knew that particular person was not in fact in love with you. Today, it would be more difficult to shut down a similar worm. 
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Conficker a year later is a ‘loaded gun’ There are still 6.5 million PCs infected with Conficker/Downadup a year after the worm hit. The botnet has never been used and it’s just a matter of time before someone decides to pull the trigger
Friday, October 30, 2009
After one year, Conficker infects 7 million computers The worm has proved to be resilient and also is adept at infecting machines multiple times
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Conficker talk sanitized at Black Hat to protect investigation The chief security officer of F-Secure refused to take questions after his presentation because the perpetrators of the worm are still at large
Monday, July 27, 2009
Chinese firms release first text message worm – F-Secure Victims of the Sexy Space worm are even made to pay for every spam message sent through their Symbian OS-based mobile phones by the SMS worm
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Conficker worm spawns evil twin Even as the "Conficker" worm, also known as "Downadup," continues to compromise millions of machines daily, its makers have released a new variant dubbed Conficker B++
Monday, February 16, 2009
Hackers jump on latest IE7 bug Attackers are using recently patched Internet Explorer 7 flaw to hijack PCs
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Attack code for critical Microsoft bug surfaces It took only two hours for security vendor Immunity to develop an attack code that exploits the Windows flaw 
Monday, January 21, 2008
Fortinet isolates mobile worm A quirky infection sends itself to numbers harvested from the victim's contact book, and to customers of a Chinese mobile phone operator.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Canadian security experts evaluate Google holes After vulnerabilities crop up in the search engine giant's toolbar and social networking site, IDC and Info-Tech assess the risk and suggest how IT managers can protect their coworkers
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Meet Web 2.0’s evil twin Despite the rich applications it brings to Web users, there's a dark side to this technology that users have yet to understand
Monday, October 30, 2006
New malware keeps experts guessing A tricky malicious program has become more prevalent in spam, but experts don't know what its creators plan to do with it.
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
CA: Windows 2000 worms now affecting 250,000 Malicious software that takes advantage of a recently disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system has spread rapidly and has now infected more than 250,000 systems, primarily Windows 2000 systems being run in corporate environments, according to security vendor Computer Associates International Inc. (CA). 
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Windows worm beginning to spread A variety of worms that exploit a Windows vulnerability disclosed last week are hitting many systems worldwide, reportedly including some at cable network Cable News Network LP LLLP (CNN), and could reach critical mass in the next several hours, according to antivirus vendor Trend Micro Inc. 
Thursday, May 12, 2005
DoD hacker gets 21-month sentence A 21-year old Indiana resident was slapped with a 21-month jail sentence for his role in a hacking attack that compromised computers at the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), law enforcement officials recently revealed. The attack was launched by international hacking gang Thr34t Krew (TK) and took place between October 2002 and March 2003.