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
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