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Porn site goes on Mac attack
News Security experts have discovered two new attacks targeting Mac users, a new version of a worm and a Trojan hidden inside a porn site. On Tuesday, ParetoLogic warned about a porn site... [12 Jun 2009]
'Porn' worm sent to 50,000 after Google blunder
News Google on Tuesday inadvertently sent the Kama Sutra email worm to the 50,000 subscribers of a Google Video email group. In a note on its website apologising for the incident, Google said: "Some of these posts may have... [09 Nov 2006]
Porn spam spike due to Windows hole - CipherTrust
News They are mostly Rolex spam and porn spam, and they are the same messages that are being sent by these new zombies coming online," he said. The jump is due to the spread of Mocbot worm variants,... [23 Aug 2006]
'Porn' virus worms its way into 510,000 systems
News A new email worm that spreads under the guise of pornographic content has jumped to the top of the worldwide virus charts. When run on a Windows PC, the worm copies itself to shared network locations and... [24 Jan 2006]
Virus warning: Worm uses news-hook for bait
News Online scammers have often used breaking news, internet account or network trouble and porn as bait for their traps, a method called social engineering. Emails suggesting there was a conspiracy around Pope John Paul II's... [29 Jun 2005]
Virus alert: Sober spreads hate mail
News Spam has been traditionally regarded as annoying messages that promote Viagra, porn and low cost mortgages… But for the past year we have seen a trend in which worm authors are using spam not to hawk... [16 May 2005]
Gay-porn hackers strike Italian politics
News The Italian Senate has been the subject of a hack attack by cybercriminals who uploaded images of gay porn onto screens all around the senate building. The hack was made possible due to an infection by a variant of the... [24 Nov 2004]
Virus warning over 'Mary' porn photos email
News Ever since the halcyon days of the Anna Kornikova worm, virus writers have realised that a good pair of legs can get you into anywhere," Cluley said. A new Trojan is doing the rounds, using the promise of pornographic... [25 Nov 2003]
FBI set to make Blaster virus arrest
News The FBI subpoenaed Arizona internet service provider Easynews.com a week ago, looking for more information about a person who posted the Sobig.F virus to several porn newsgroups. The FBI had earlier said it was... [29 Aug 2003]
FBI confident of catching Sobig.F author
News The FBI subpoenaed Arizona internet provider Easynews.com a week ago, looking for more information about a person who posted the Sobig.F virus to several porn newsgroups. The FBI is "confident" that it will capture those... [27 Aug 2003]
Virus warning: Home users targeted by porn worm
News Failure to patch a three-year-old Microsoft vulnerability is leaving home and business users exposed to a JavaScript worm that redirects Internet Explorer to porn sites. Those infected find their... [20 Jun 2003]
silicon.com's top 10 stories of 2002
News HP porn scandal leaves 100 facing sack http://www.silicon.com/a54626 Bugbear worm - how it works http://www.silicon.com/a55761 As 2002 draws to a close we can reveal the biggest stories of the year... [19 Dec 2002]
Worm warning: Another little wriggler plagues Kazaa
News It uses names such as Free Porn.exe, Win An Xbox.exe, Soldier Of Fortune 2 Mutiplayer Serial Hack.exe and Britney Spears Dance Beat.exe. Users of file-swapping service Kazaa have been warned about a new... [23 Aug 2002]
Porno web virus strikes
News Anti-virus experts are warning of a new worm which changes a computer's home page to a porn site. The worm, called JS.Forthnight, is an email-based worm. The... [16 May 2002]
Virus alert: Two worms on the horizon
News Free XXX Pictures, A free hot porn site or Why don't you reply to me? The KW32/Klez worm carries the W98/Elkern virus inside and drops and executes it when the programme is run. The worm... [29 Oct 2001]