Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Infamous Spam-Sending "Storm Worm" Stages a Comeback

Brian Krebs reports that the Storm Worm has once again surfaced. 18 months ago Storm Worm was responsible for approximately 20% of all spam. According to Krebs, "It remains unclear whether this Storm 2.0 strain will be as successful and prolific as its predecessor. But according to a blog post by security firm CA, the curators of the new Storm worm are very actively using the collection of PCs infected with this malware to once again relay junk e-mail advertising male enhancement pills and adult Web sites."

Read the story at KrebsOnSecurity.com ...