Santy worm squished by Google
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Google has responded to calls from antivirus firms to stop the spread of an Internet worm that was using the search engine&#39;s technology to spread among online bulletin boards.
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Antivirus companies are warning Internet users about a fast-spreading new worm that infects Web servers running a popular package of online bulletin board software, and uses the Google search engine to find vulnerable servers to infect.
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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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The Santy worm stopped spreading after Google Inc disabled web searches that looked like they had been generated by the malicious program, which was responsible for defacing tens of thousands of PHP message boards.
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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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A new family of worms which uses an unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer is spreading widely across the net.
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Google has blocked a new type of Internet worm that was targeting the company's search engine in order to find vulnerable computers on the Internet.
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Program isn't entirely benevolent: it also downloads files to infected PCs.
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THE PROBLEM with phpBB software, which we reported on this time yesterday is over. And it&#39;s thanks to Google, it appears. F-Secure said that the Santy worm, which defaced web sites and used a Google search
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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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A new worm has been detected that uses Google to find vulnerable phpBB forums. The worm - named Net-Worm.Perl.Santy.a - queries Google to find sites using outdated versions of the phpBB forum software which can be exploited.
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Plus: Google apps for your site, and HP's pretexting debacle.
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Time to start thinking about how Google can block the next worm that attempts to use the search engine to spread.
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Browser beware Security experts are crying foul over a new supposedly secure browser application.â¦
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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
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The worm, dubbed Santy, exploits a vulnerability in third-party web servers that use phpBB bulletin board software, a popular package used to create web forums, and has been propagating at a rapid pace, infecting some 38,000 sites in a matter of hours.
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Websense warns of a Skype worm on the loose; Opera adds a security alert layer to its browser.