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• Stuxnet industrial worm was written over a year ago

  A sophisticated worm designed to steal industrial secrets has been around for much longer than previously thought, according to security experts investigating the malicious software.

• LoveBug worm hit 10 years ago during a simpler time

  When the LoveBug worm hit 10 years ago, it was a different time when people believed admirers were really reaching out to say "I love you", personal firewalls were turned off by default and executable attachments weren't blocked at e-mail gateways.

• China warns about return of destructive Panda virus

  A computer worm that China warned Internet users against is an updated version of the Panda Burning Incense virus, which infected millions of PCs in the country three years ago, according to McAfee.

• Facebook worm spreads with a lurid lure

  Some Facebook users have been infected with a worm after clicking on an image of a scantily clad woman, which then redirects the victims to a pornography site, according to security researchers.

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  Rick Astley plagues Aussie iPhones

  Rick Astley is plaguing Australia again, this time, in the form of the world’s first iPhone worm, according to security firm Sophos.

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  First iPhone worm spreads Rick Astley wallpaper

  The first worm written for Apple's iPhone has been unleashed and is infecting phones in Australia.

• After one year, Conficker infects 7 million computers

  The Conficker worm has passed a dubious milestone. It has now infected more than 7 million [m] computers, security experts estimate.

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  Worm-bearing Twitter spam on the loose

  Twitter spam bearing a worm virus is on the loose today trying to lure Twitter users into opening a malicious file attachment containing malware that could take over Windows-based machines, Symantec is warning.

• Twitter gets targeted again by worm-like phishing attack

  Twitter users have been tricked into divulging their login and password details to a Web site that then spammed their contacts.

• Conficker still infecting 50,000 PCs per day

  The Conficker worm is still infecting systems at a brisk rate and continues to snag computers in Fortune 1000 companies, according to security researchers.

• Worm solves Gmail's CAPTCHA, creates fake accounts

  A Vietnamese security company has detected what it believes is a new worm that thwarts Google's security protections in order to register new dummy Gmail accounts from which to send spam.

• New Twitter worm targets celebrities

  A worm referencing celebrities such as Ashton Kutcher and Oprah Winfrey is rapidly spreading across microblogging site Twitter, security firm Sophos said on Friday.

• Conficker group says worm 4.6 million strong

  Security experts say that the Conficker worm has infected an awful lot of computers, making it the largest "botnet" of hacked computers on the planet. The thing they can't seem to agree on, however, is exactly how many people have been hit.

• Ten years after Melissa, malware, worms still haunt IT

  She may be just about to turn 10, but the Melissa virus has given birth to many children since she was born on March 26, 1999.

• Researchers make wormy Twitter attack

  Computer security researchers have devised a new Twitter attack that they say could spread virally, much like a worm on the microblogging service.