Tagged: worm

Worm Wears A ‘Patch’ For Disguise 0

Worm Wears A ‘Patch’ For Disguise

(Washington Post) Disguised as an official e-mail from Microsoft, the file comes attached to a note asking the recipient to install a “September 2003, cumulative patch” to protect against vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer...

‘Good’ worm hits computers 0

‘Good’ worm hits computers

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A new computer worm is spreading worldwide through a security hole in Windows – also used by last week’s Blaster worm — but then patching the hole instead of crashing...

Patch Early, Patch Often, or else… 0

Patch Early, Patch Often, or else…

A worm targeting Windows users was spreading rapidly around the world Tuesday, triggering computer crashes and slowing Internet connections. The worm, christened Blaster but also known as LoveSan or MSBlaster, carried a message for...