Security Bites Podcast: Storm's brewing on the Internet
- By Grey McKenzie
- Published 10/22/2007
Grey McKenzie
National Cyber Security Founder
Cyber security watchdog & one of the nation's leading cyber security experts, Grey McKenzie is also the Founder of SpyCop Security Software.
His clients include members of the Department of Homeland Security, FBI, CIA, State & Local Law Enforcement.
He is regularly consulted by industry leaders regarding cyber security issues.
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Since January of 2007, the Storm worm has been building a large botnet, which aside from infecting computers, has been used to spew millions of spam messages worldwide. The Storm worm has been responsible for sending spam that encourages you to invest in particular penny stock, only to have the scammers dump their shares once the stock rises in price. It's a classic scam.
Now the Storm worm is using MP3 files titled beatles.mp3 and elvis.mp3.
In the attached audio file, a digitized voice tells you to purchase a
certain stock. Because the file is sped up and slowed down, and given
as many as 40 different names, it's causing headaches for system admins
who cannot block one specific signature.
