There's a Storm Worm Storm Brewing

There’s a Storm Worm Storm Brewing

30 Jul 2008 | 10:54 pm | Category: Business, General Computing, Internet

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Cloudy skies approach in cyberspace as the botnets seek to gain a tighter grip. The same old wind strengthens; but this is no wind of change – Just more of the same old…

The rain of emails has already begun: “F.B.I. vs. Facebook” is the subject line; and inside is a link to a bogus article about the FBI and Facebook; the latest in a line of subjects designed to stimulate the user’s curiosity and urge them to click: The last of these having been “US Attacked Iran”. The trap is set, and just a single click on that link releases a worm straight onto the user’s machine: Welcome to the botnet club – You’re infected.

http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel08/stormworm073008.htm

The warning against this threat was issued on Wednesday by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation in tandem with its partner organisation, the Internet Crime Complaint Center.

The FBI warned users not to respond to spam emails and to ignore attachments and links contained within them. They also urged people to check the legitimacy of such emails is necessary by typing the URL of he organisation (Not copying the link.) directly into a web-browser rather than clicking the link provided.

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In their press release on this new version of the old threat, the FBI said:

“The spammers spreading this virus are preying on Internet users and making their computers an unwitting part of criminal botnet activity. We urge [all] citizens [of every country] to help prevent the spread of botnets by becoming web-savvy.”

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