Researchers: Worms not heading underground

ronjor · Feb 27, 2007

New variants of the Storm Worm prove that the time-honored malware delivery model hasn't faded as attackers find new ways propagate threats.
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tgell · Feb 28, 2007

Storm Worm Attacking Blogs, Bulletin Boards And Webmail

A variant of the Storm worm is able to analyze network traffic and insert a link to a malicious Web site into text posted in blogs, webmail and bulletin boards.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news...KOO0Z2QSNDLRSKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=197700140

Ice_Czar · Mar 1, 2007

NEWS Worm Storms Forums

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/106226/storm-worm-variant-blows-against-blogs-and-forums.html

Storm worm variant blows against blogs and forums

The new variant is propagating itself via links from blogs and forum posts directing users to a malicious website that downloads code onto a user's machine which compromises the computer and turns it into part of a botnet.

Over the past twenty four hours, the virus has had computers post these malicious links on various websites, according to researchers at IT security company Secure Computing. Researchers warned that users should be on the lookout for links containing the text 'Have you seen this?' leading to a website with the words 'fun video' in them.
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few here would be so dim to allow it to complete an infection since installing an exe is required, however

'Given that this worm takes people who click on links in seemingly innocent blogs and bulletin boards to websites with malicious content, businesses should be strongly urged to protect themselves by blocking access to these types of websites to prevent 'lunch time browsers' from inadvertently downloading malicious content onto their PC,' said Donal Casey, security consultant, Morse.
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guess I have a different definition of "inadvertent"

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