This is a great article on one of the next generation security threats hitting the internet. It's a worm, a Trojan Horse, and a bot - all rolled into one. Users on Windows that open emails without thinking, this one's for you:
"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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