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ZDNet Dictionary Definition

Worm: (1) A destructive program that replicates itself throughout a single computer or across a network, both wired and wireless. It can do damage by sheer reproduction, consuming internal disk...; Full Worm Definition >>

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New iPhone worm found in the wild: But I thought Apple OS X was immune from ALL such things. nt...When you jailbreak your iPhoneyou give it the ability to run things other the "Apple Only" software.Any I thought Zdnet was immune to trolling?Just kidding. I knew it wasn't.I don't think that Apple ever claimed their OS...; Tags: Smart phones, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Operating systems, iPhone platform, Apple iPhone, worm, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2009-11-23
New iPhone worm found in the wild: A second and more nefarious iPhone worm has been discovered that connects to a Lithuanian server to upload stolen data and turn control of the device over to the bot master. Lovely. by Jason D. O'Grady; Tags: Apple iPhone, Worm, Cyberthreats, Smart Phones, Viruses And Worms, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady; Blog posts 2009-11-23
Second iPhone worm behaves like botnet: That'll teach them what happens to jailbreakers!This only hits those who deliberately climbed the fence and ventured into the dangerous would outside Apples walled garden.Victims of this have nothing on Apple for this. The vulnerability was introduced by their own incompetent actions, but knowingly non-sanctioned by Apple.The learning: You better...; Tags: Smart phones, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Apple iPhone, worm, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2009-11-23
Second iPhone worm behaves like botnet: A second iPhone exploit has been identified by security vendor F-Secure, which claims the new worm has botnet capability and is more threatening than its predecessor. A second iPhone exploit has been identified by security vendor F-Secure, which claims the new worm has botnet capability and is more threatening...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Worm, Cyberthreats, Smart Phones, Viruses And Worms, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, security, Apple, iPhone, Vivian Yeo ZDNet Asia; News items 2009-11-23
Source code for ikee iPhone worm in the wild: A 21 years old Australian has launched the first iPhone worm to automatically exploit jailbroken devices. With the source code now in the wild, how long before copycats start modifying and improving it? by Dancho Danchev; Tags: Apple iPhone, Wild, Worm, Cyberthreats, Smart Phones, Viruses And Worms, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2009-11-10

Australian iPhone worm won't give some users up: Jailbroken iPhone users beware: Rick Astley could be appearing on your phone soon, and he's never going to give you up. So at least the new worm crawling around down under says. by Rachel King; Tags: Apple iPhone, Worm, Cyberthreats, Smart Phones, Viruses And Worms, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Rachel King; Blog posts 2009-11-09
Worm inflicts Rick Astley wallpaper on jailbroken iPhones: The first worm targeting Apple's iPhone is alive and spreading in the wild. But most iPhone owners need not worry about it. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Tags: Apple iPhone, Worm, Smart Phones, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2009-11-08
New Koobface campaign spoofs Adobe's Flash updater: Earlier this week, the botnet masters behind the most efficient social engineering driven botnet, Koobface, launched a new campaign currently spreading across Facebook with a new template spoofing Adobe's Flash updater embedded within a fake Youtube page. The malware campaign is relying on compromised legitimate web sites,...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., CAPTCHA, YouTube Inc., Social Engineering, Worm, Gang, Koobface, 0x3E8/youtube/console=yes/, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2009-10-14
WordPress blogs at risk from worm: Upgrade speed2.8.4 has been out for about a month. If you haven't upgraded by now, you're asking for it. My upgrade window for security updates is 24 hours. Easy for us geeks to say, but most end users don't know or care what version they're on - they leave this...; Tags: Cyberthreats, Channel management, SECURITY, Wordpress, Wordpress Blogs, Joomla, blog; Discussion threads 2009-09-08
Worms for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile): In Worms for iPhone, with a selection of single player battles, up to four player multiplayer mode and plenty of ways to customize your team. Worms for iPhone also features authentic gameplay, honed iPhone control system, cartoon-style visuals and comical audio, plan your attacks with the Sheep, Holy Hand Grenade...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Worm, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2009-07-30
Naevius USB Antivirus 2.1 (Windows): As you know, almost virus, trojan, worms is spreaded from USB storage devices. This is including USB Flash drive, removable hard disk, Memory card, SD, MicroSD, MMC, USB Camera, USB Audio player, Mobile phone, iPod, or Iphone. Other antivirus software should update signature database regularly, and they can not effectively...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Worm, USB Flash Drive, USB, Naevius Software, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security; Software downloads 2009-07-23
Koobface worm joins the Twittersphere: Cybercriminals are experimenting with a new feature introduced in one of the latest Koobface variants - the ability of the worm to hijack the Twitter accounts of infected users and post tweets in an attempt to infect their followers. According to researchers from TrendMicro, once the infected...; Tags: Worm, Twitter, Koobface, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2009-07-07
Manchester City Council pays $2.4m in Conficker clean up costs: How severe can the impact of the Conficker worm be on a single city council that has apparently not implemented basic security solutions in place? Pretty severe according to a recently released a report entitled "Service interruption resulting from ICT disruption in February 2009" which details the...; Tags: Infection, Patch Management, Worm, Conficker, Cyberthreats, Security, Patches, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2009-07-02
Twitter API ripe for abuse by web worms: A security researcher is warning that the Twitter API can be trivially abused by hackers to launch worm attacks. The red-hot social networking/microblogging service has been scrambling to plug cross-site scripting and other Web site vulnerabilities to thwart worm attacks but, as researcher Aviv Raff points out,...; Tags: Web, API, Worm, Twitter, Twitpic, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2009-05-26
Battle of Worms 1.0 (Windows): This game comprises 3 levels. using your dragon and take them along on punts forms or a scale (for world 3) or then by killing the monsters which are put on your way (small easy way; to kill them to aim at the head if not it does not go...; Tags: Worm, Icon, NowStat, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Games, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2009-05-16
56th variant of the Koobface worm detected: Researchers from PandaLabs are reporting on the detection of the 56th variant of the Koobface worm (Boface.BJ.worm), spreading across Facebook, Tagged, Friendster, MySpace, MyYearBook, Fubar.com, Hi5 and Bebo since May, 2008. According to the company, the growth of Koobface related infections is as high as 1,200% since...; Tags: Infection, Malware, Social Engineering, Worm, MySpace, Koobface, Cyberthreats, Social Networking, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Web Site Development, Security, Viruses And Worms, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2009-05-15
New Mac OS X email worm discovered: A newly discovered email worm dubbed OSX/Tored-A once again puts the spotlight on the potential worm-ability, and malware spreading tactics targeting Apple's OS X. The worm propagates through emails harvested from infected hosts, and has a backdoor functionality allowing its author to perform the following actions if...; Tags: E-mail Worm, Apple Macintosh, Malware, Worm, Apple Mac OS X, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Apple Mac OS, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2009-05-07
Conficker's estimated economic cost? $9.1 billion: In a recent blog post, the Cyber Secure Institute claims that based on their previous studies into the average cost of such malware attacks, the economic loss due to the Conficker worm could be as high as $9.1 billion. Despite that their analysis also considered a much...; Tags: Cost, Infection, Malware, Worm, Conficker, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2009-04-23
Twitter worm author gets a job at exqSoft Solutions: UPDATE: Mikeyy Mooney of Stalk Daily gets Hacked. Here's more info. Now that was so fast that even Owen Thor Walker AKILL and Michael Calce Mafiaboy should envy the short cybercrime-to-job offer cycle here. 17 years old Mikeyy Mooney, the author/spreader of StalkDaily/Mickeyy XSS worm that exploited...; Tags: Job, Web, XSS, Web Application, Worm, Twitter, Cloud Computing, Cyberthreats, Channel Management, Security, Viruses And Worms, Marketing, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2009-04-17
Net of the Living Dead: Bots, Botnets and Zombies: Organized crime long ago discovered the Internet's profit potential, and has succeeded not only in recruiting the necessary expertise to exploit that potential, but in capturing and subverting a significant quantity of innocent Internet-attached systems and, in the process, acquiring the owners of those systems as unwitting Although they are...; Tags: Eset, Worm, Bot, Cyberthreats, Internet, Robots, Viruses And Worms, Security, Emerging Technologies; White papers 2009-04-16