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White Paper When worm is running, it unpacks itself first, and then drops a malicious PE file that is embedded in the executable file. When these steps are complete, the worm jumps to the heap memory (containing the... [13 Nov 2009]
McAfee Avert Labs Top 10 Threat Predictions for 2008
White Paper Storm Worm) grew into the largest Peer-to-Peer (P2P) botnet to date, while TJ Max revealed the largest data breach in history. As 2007 comes to a close, it's a good time to reflect on the current threat... [12 Nov 2009]
Taking Security to the Next Level
White Paper The latest report builds on previously gathered data, but also includes new sections focused on issues of security breach notifications, spam and phishing, Internet safety enforcement, and the storm worm... [30 Jun 2009]
Should you still be scared of malware?
News Madhushan Gokool, IT manager, Storm Model Management While the recent Conficker worm may have turned out to be a damp squib, enterprises are still very much on their guard against malware. Asked whether... [06 Apr 2009]
Eliminate Spam, Gain Productivity
White Paper That is, when they are not attacking so powerfully via the infamous "Storm Worm Botnet" for example, as to force a shutdown of a nation's banking, media and police websites, and other systems. Learn all... [18 Mar 2009]
Measurements and Mitigation of Peer-to-Peer-Based Botnets: A Case Study on Storm Worm
White Paper In a case study, the paper examines in detail the Storm Worm botnet, the most wide-spread P2P botnet currently propagating in the wild. Botnets, i.e.networks of compromised machines under a common... [04 Aug 2008]
Warning: The Storm still rages on
News Security vendor Symantec has warned that the Storm worm, the malware which contributes to the Storm botnet, is continuing to evolve and now has two further possible avenues of attack.... [07 May 2008]
Photos: Viruses and Trojans come to life
Photo This is the Storm virus which has formed one of the largest ever botnets with around two million computers compromised by it. This pretty vision is Netsky - a worm that consistently poses a threat via... [06 Mar 2008]
Cheat Sheet: Supercomputing
Cheat Sheet Blue Gene/L is the most powerful supercomputer in existence but the criminals behind the Storm Worm have created a botnet containing millions of PCs with a combined computing power greater than that of... [20 Nov 2007]
Malware: From bedroom to boardroom
Comment The best example of this new-breed botnet Trojan is the now-notorious Storm Worm. Carole Theriault, senior consultant at security company Sophos, says she expects Storm will be the... [19 Nov 2007]
Storm Worm still evolving - Symantec
News The Storm Worm has evolved again, researchers from Symantec claim. He wrote: "The sustained development of the Storm worm (incorporating review cycles) indicates that we... [05 Nov 2007]
Spammers switching on to YouTube?
News The spam run of 15 million emails lasted 36 hours and used Storm Worm-infected computers for the purposes of dissemination, MessageLabs said. Earlier this month, Sophos reported that spammers were... [30 Oct 2007]
Storm botnet 'services' for hire?
News The Storm botnet was initially created at the beginning of 2007 when the Storm Worm was spammed out, hiding in email attachments with a subject line of "230 dead as... [17 Oct 2007]
Is this the malware mother of all botnets?
News Criminals behind the Storm Worm have created a botnet containing millions of PCs which have a combined computing power greater than the most powerful supercomputer in existence. The... [12 Sep 2007]
Worst week for viruses in a year?
News Postini said two variations of the Storm Worm virus, which originally spread across the internet in January, have quickly driven global virus levels 60 times higher than their daily average. According to... [16 Apr 2007]
