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• Info-stealing Dorkbot worm spreading on Facebook

  16.05.2013

  The Dorkbot worm, which first appeared in 2011 and has since been spreading via removable drives, IM programs and social networks, is currently targeting Facebook users.

• Stuxnet's earliest known version sheds light on the worm's development

  26.02.2013

  Symantec researchers have discovered an older version of the infamous Stuxnet worm that caused the disruption at Iran's nuclear facility in Natanz: Stuxnet 0.5.

• Dorkbot worm lurks on Skype and MSN Messenger again

  11.02.2013

  The Dorkbot/Rodpicom worm, which spreads via messaging applications and leads to additional malware infections, is currently doing rounds on Skype and MSN Messenger, warns Fortinet.

• Cutwail botnet on spam rampage, delivers Cridex worm

  25.01.2013

  Since its inception some six years ago, the Cutwail / Pandex botnet experienced its fair share of setbacks, but it's still going strong.

• Tumblr worm proliferated due to XSS flaw

  04.12.2012

  Yesterday's worm rampage that left many a Tumblr site "defaced" with a message by Internet troll group GNAA was the result of improper input sanitation.

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