"Storm worm", one of the larger Trojan horse attacks in recent years, is baiting people with timely information about a deadly, real-life storm front, security researchers said last week.
In just eight months the Storm worm has infected more than 20 million computers and built a zombie army -- or botnet -- capable of launching DDoS attacks that could be used against any organisation or even damage critical infrastructure, according to security experts.
Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.
Last week likely marked the largest proliferation of e-mail virus attacks in more than a year, according to security company Postini.
Tasmania's Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is battening down the hatches as it anticipates rough seas ahead on the malware front.
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