Yesterday's SQL worms, today's problem

Brent Huston, MicroSolved, Inc.

For the last few weeks I have been watching old versions of SQL attacks, worms and probes continue to circulate around the Internet. According to popular sources like ATLAS, these SQL worms represent nearly 70% of all malicious traffic on the Internet today. 70% is a large number, especially for vulnerabilities that date back to 2002. ...continue reading 'Yesterday's SQL worms, today's problem'

Valentine's Day-themed Storm worm attacks

A Valentine's themed outbreak of the Storm worm has been detected. Malicious emails are being received across the globe - they contain a weblink, which directs users to a website where they can supposedly download a Valentine's card, but in fact are infected with the Storm bug. The virus mirrors the fake Christmas and New Year messages seen in previous months. ...continue reading 'Valentine's Day-themed Storm worm attacks'

Storm worm dethroned by sex botnet

Romance is out and sex is in, according to security experts who said the Mega-Dik botnet has ousted the infamous Storm as the most prolific sender of spam. ...continue reading 'Storm worm dethroned by sex botnet'

Holiday spirit helped double Storm worm

Some clever, sexy Christmas-themed spam and a long holiday season helped the criminals behind the notorious Storm Worm more than double their network of infected PCs over the past few weeks, security experts say. ...continue reading 'Holiday spirit helped double Storm worm'

Storm splinters, starts phishing, say researchers

Part of the Storm botnet appears to have been rented out to identity thieves, who are using it to conduct traditional phishing attacks that target customers of a pair of U.K.-based banks, researchers said Wednesday. ...continue reading 'Storm splinters, starts phishing, say researchers'

Storm worm tempts with Christmas strip show

Starting Monday, Storm-infected machines began sending out Christmas-themed spam in yet another attempt to trick victims into downloading malicious software. In this case, the site is named Merrychristmasdude.com, and the malware is a variation of the Storm Trojan horse program that has been plaguing systems around the world since January. ...continue reading 'Storm worm tempts with Christmas strip show'