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Cyber-Jihad Group Could Be Behind Worm Clogging Email Servers Worldwide, Researcher Says

A new old-school email worm spotted spreading rapidly yesterday could be the handiwork of a hacker group known for waging cyber-jihad, a security researcher says. The attack uses a new variant of an older worm — and using the same subject line as the Anna Kournikova virus from 2001, “Here you have,” to tempt potential victims into clicking on purported documents or sex movies. Google, Coca-Cola, ABC/Disney, NASA, Comcast, AIG, Wells Fargo, and the Florida Department of Transportation are reportedly among the big-name organizations that were infected by the worm.”]

Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/cyber-jihad-group-could-be-behind-worm-clogging-email-servers-worldwide-researcher-says

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