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Organizations around the world are currently recovering from a worm distributed through email spam earlier this month. The malware reportedly crafted by a cyber jihad organization and dubbed the “Here you have” worm after the most common subject line in …

A hacker has stepped forward to take credit for the “Here you have” worm that crippled thousands of corporate networks last week.  The hacker, who has so far refused to reveal his or her identity, said the worm was meant …

Prankware is software designed to irritate its victims but it is relatively harmless. Over the years it has largely lost its popularity among hackers, as many of them have become more interested in producing revenue streams than stroking their egos. …

Malware miscreants have traded their black hats for Santa hats with their latest escapade targeting the 350 million member Facebook community. Security experts have spotted a new variation of the Koobface worm that gives its prior social engineering techniques a …

The first smartphone malware began innocently enough. A Dutch cracker discovers a way to penetrate modified, or “jailbroken,” iPhones using their default root password “alpine.” “You want to protect this phone from more attacks?” he asks his victims. “Pay me …

A new worm is taking aim at the popular WordPress blogging platform. First discovered on August 11th, it affects those who host their own blogs. It works by exploiting vulnerability in the software’s permalink structure. Once in it makes itself …

Indy.com reported in early April 2009 about the waledec bot riding along with Conficker virus. “Conficker, for the first time, moved beyond sitting quietly on millions of Windows computers worldwide to infecting other vulnerable computers. This means many more consumers …

The malware that hit Twitter, called the Mikeyy worm, appears to have been created by a 17-year-old New York boy who had nothing better to do and wanted to drive traffic to his website. The worm exploited a cross site …

Microsoft has offered a $250,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the Conficker worm. It’s not the first time that the Redmond-based company has put a price on the head of malware …