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Hacked iPhones vulnerable to worm attack
There is an iPhone worm that is making the news this week. One thing that may not be obvious in some of the stories is that the iPhones that are vulnerable have been hacked by their owners or “jailbroken” as … Continue reading
Conficker Worm Now an Epidemic
According to Panda Security, the outbreak of the Windows worm dubbed “Downadup” and “Conficker” is now an epidemic. Panda found that 6% of the two million computers they scanned were infected by the worm. Continue reading
Conficker Worm Infects 3.5M Windows PCs So Far
F-Secure, a security firm based in Finland, conservatively estimates that 3.5 million Windows PCs have been infected with a new worm called “Downadup” or “Conficker.” It is infecting Windows computers at a rate of more than 1 million in the past 24 hours. Continue reading