• DocumentCode
    1073934
  • Title

    A Storm (Worm) Is Brewing

  • Author

    Smith, Brad

  • Author_Institution
    freelance technology writer
  • Volume
    41
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    20
  • Lastpage
    22
  • Abstract
    Skilled hackers have designed a sophisticated type of malware that blends multiple techniques, hides and changes its code, and employs tricks to entice users to implement and spread it. The malware is generally called the Storm worm. This paper introduces the basic information about Storm worm and how we can combat against this attack.
  • Keywords
    computer crime; invasive software; Storm worm; hackers; malware; Art; Communication system traffic control; Computer crime; Computer hacking; Computer networks; Computer worms; Distributed computing; Peer to peer computing; Security; Storms; Storm worm; malware; security;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.2008.38
  • Filename
    4454392