also @ TechSpot: OCZ Vertex 450 SSD Review

› ›

Storm Worm variants making their rounds

By Justin Mann

On April 13, 2007, 11:48 AM

A few month ago, Techspot spoke with AppRiver regarding the attack of the Storm worm earlier this year. Among other things, it was speculated that the initial attack was just a test run and that variants would soon follow. That is definitely happening, with a follow-up attacking occurring this week. In fact, according to another spam filtering company, Postini, yesterday marked the largest e-mail virus attack in a year:

The recent Storm Worm proliferation, coupled with a similar attack earlier this week that involved e-mails with "missile attacks" in the subject line, have made this the most active week for e-mail virus attacks in at least a year, according to Postini.
Most of the blame is being placed on two variants of the Storm Worm, and it is thought that these particular floods will result in many more downloads and, ultimately, infected machines.

No tags on this story

Post a comment

Post a new comment

Social Login & Guest Posting TechSpot Members
Login here or sign up for free,
it takes about a minute.
Get complete access to the TechSpot community. Join thousands of technology enthusiasts that contribute and share knowledge in our forum. Get a private inbox, upload your own photo gallery and more.
TechSpot on:

Most Popular

Trending Featured
More Trending Topics

Featured on Smartphones

Downloads and Drivers

Downloads   Drivers  

KiTTY 0.62.2.3

mIRC 7.32

Actual Bookmarks 1.2

World of Warcraft Patch 5.3.0

Funny Photo Maker 2.4.1

More Downloads

Latest Discussion

No monitor signal 67 replies on Audio and Video

Need a 5.1 speaker system with USB input 8 replies on Audio and Video

Upgrading my computer 7 replies on Processors and Motherboards

Nvidia geforce 315m? 5 replies on Audio and Video

Need advice for upgrade 5 replies on Audio and Video

More Recent Discussion

Subscribe to TechSpot

Get free exclusive content, learn about new features and breaking tech news.