New Santy Variants Spread Beyond Google
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The Santy worm, which appeared just before the Christmas holiday and uses search engines to spread, appears to be morphing into dangerous variants, virus experts warned Tuesday.
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Responding to calls from antivirus firms, Google has taken steps to stop the spread of an Internet worm called Santy worm. The santy worm was first spotted early Tuesday morning and was using Googleâs search
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On the PHP Security Blog, there's three new posts that Stefan Esser has written up that demonstrate some of the more destructive uses of Javascript that he's found:  JavaScript/HTML Portscanning and HTTP Auth Bruteforcing HTTP Auth in Firefox with JavaScript JavaScript Scanning and expose_php=On    While the first two are interesting, it's the last of these that most directly applies to PHP. He gives a simple "proof of concept" that checks to see if the embedded image is the correct "size" to be related to a webserver running PHP with the expose_php setting set to "on".
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A new virus just in time for Christmas is causing havoc on php bulletin boards across the internet. Google however, has since stepped into the breach, by blocking searches for the virus making any attempt to scan for vulnerable computers redundant.
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This article begins a series of three articles dedicated to configuring Apache 2.0 with SSL/TLS support, in order to ensure maximum security and optimal performance of secure web communication. This part introduces key aspects of SSL/TLS and then shows how to compile and configure Apache 2.0 with support for these protocols.
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Latest variants are able to spread more quickly between vulnerable devices.
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p2pnet.net News:- F-Secure gives the new Santy worm, that uses Google search to find vulnerable hosts, a Level 2 Radar rating. âAlso, Santy does not affect individual computer users, unless they are hosting
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UPDATE: Campaign grows from distributed denial-of-service attack to Digg bumps.
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A new variant of the Santy worm, which attacks Web pages usuing the PHP bulletin board software, appeared this week. Earlier variants used Google to find vulnerable Web pages; the new
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Alternative search sites offer enhanced results for songs, movies, source code, engineering data and more -- for when the Google net spreads too wide.
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Google said it was blocking searches generated by a new worm, Santy.A, which were being used to find and infect vulnerable computers on the Internet.
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Easy-peasy-sleazy: A new piece of PHP code making the malware rounds can install a phishing site on a compromised server in about two minutes.
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Santy Worm Using AOL and Yahoo to Target More PHP Sites  The newest version of the Santy Worm, Santy.e, is threatening more web sites which use PHP scripting to produce dynamically database generated pages. The Santy Worm first surfaced last week, targeting sites which use the phpBB bulletin board/forum service. Santy ...
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Santy Virus Used Google To Hack phpBB Forums  There is a new internet worm is defacing web bulletin boards across the world, and its using Google as its. The Perl/Santy-A worm (also known as Santy) exploits a vulnerability in a piece of software often used to provide discussion forums and bulletin ...
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Thousands of website bulletin boards have been defaced by a virus that used Google to spread across the net. The Santy worm first appeared on 20 December and within 24 hours had successfully hit more than 40,000 websites.
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Latest PEAR Releases:File_Bittorrent 1.0.2Translation2 2.0.0beta11Crypt_Blowfish 1.1.0RC1PHP_CompatInfo 1.3.2Net_Sieve 1.1.4Auth 1.4.0RC1
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Anti-virus experts at Sophos have advised that a new Internet worm is defacing web bulletin boards across the globe. The Santy worm exploits a vulnerability in a piece of software often used to provide discussion