New Year, New Virus
January 03, 2008 | by Christopher Nickson
Storm worm returns in an e-card.
The Storm worm, also known as the Dorft worm, did the rounds at Christmas inside the image of Santa’s wife removing her clothes, has reinvented itself for 2008 as a Happy New Year card, according to security company Sophos. The mails have usually been headed:
A brand New Year 2008
Blasting New Year 2008
Dance to the New 2008 Year tune
Happy New Year 2008 to the one I love
New Year 2008 Wishes
The New Year has arrived
Blasting New Year 2008
Dance to the New 2008 Year tune
Happy New Year 2008 to the one I love
New Year 2008 Wishes
The New Year has arrived
The cars contain links to site with malware.
“Many people will be returning to their desks this morning after a lengthy break for Christmas and New Year to a brimming bundle of unread emails. The danger is that the holiday hangover will make them less careful about which messages they click on," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos. "Anyone clicking on a mystery weblink or an unsolicited email attachment is putting their computer at risk of being taken over by hackers for the purposes for illegal ends. Everyone needs to make their New Year's resolution to take computer security more seriously in 2008."
Three years ago Wumark-D, another worm, was sent out in a similar way.
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