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Gathering 'Storm' Superworm Poses Grave Threat to PC Nets
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Posted by Donster on: 2007-10-04 12:56:19 457
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Commentary by Bruce Schneier @ Wired
The Storm worm first appeared at the beginning of the year, hiding in e-mail attachments with the subject line: "230 dead as storm batters Europe." Those who opened the attachment became infected, their computers joining an ever-growing botnet.
Although it's most commonly called a worm, Storm is really more: a worm, a Trojan horse and a bot all rolled into one. It's also the most successful example we have of a new breed of worm, and I've seen estimates that between 1 million and 50 million computers have been infected worldwide.
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