Tag Archive for: Worm

‘Google Docs’ worm ransacks Gmail users’ contact lists – what you need to know

'Google Docs' worm ransacks Gmail users' contact lists – what you need to know

You may well be one of the millions of internet users who received a dangerous email offering to share a Google Docs file with you.

Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

Graham Cluley

Hackers expose Apple security flaw with a computer worm virus that infects Macbooks without detection

A new computer worm has been designed to show that Apple Macbooks aren’t as safe from viruses as many might think A pair of security experts have found a flaw on Apple’s Mac computers and developed an experimental virus to emphasise the danger. Xeno Kovah …
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Cyber-warfare Turning worm – The Economist

Cyberwarfare Turning worm
The Economist
Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon. By Kim Zetter. Crown; 433 pages; $ 25 and £20. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk. WHEN America dropped its two atom bombs, Little Boy and Fat Man, over Japan in …

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Android Worm Masquerades as Google App – Infosecurity Magazine

Android Worm Masquerades as Google App
Infosecurity Magazine
“This time, it's using a botnet-style call-home to download data to decide what to do next, rather than having its malicious activities pre-programmed,” said Ducklin, in a blog. “The downloaded control data is fetched via HTTP and includes settings

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