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A widspread coordinated attack has been unleashed today using a variant of the Storm worm. Around 142 million emails have been spammed out containing URLs leading to web pages infected with the malware. The 2007 Global Threat Report from Bratislava-based security firm ESET has highlighted the huge success of the Storm worm.. The infamous storm worm trojan, which first hit inboxes in January, is poised to become a for-sale spam botnet system, complete with fast-flux DNS and hosting capabilities. Are you ready for some malware? The ubiquitous Storm Worm hit the US gridiron over the weekend when attackers, through mass emails, attempted to dupe NFL fans into visiting a malicious website promising information about the season's opening weekend. Spammers have switched their tactics with the latest "storm worm" run in hopes of getting more of the malicious messages delivered into company inboxes. The infamous Storm botnet has been linked to a new spam run recorded earlier this week. After a year in development, a botnet touted as the ‘Celebrity Spam Gang’ has reached similar distribution capabilities as the notorious Storm worm and is responsible for 20 percent of all spam circulation, warned Marshal. Security specialists have warned that internet users could be facing a major worm outbreak spread via weaknesses in current browser technology. Spam — spearheaded by a Storm Worm-related spike in malicious e-card messages — has driven the level of junk messages to more than eight in 10 emails. Harry Potter, the boy wizard whose adventures have sold millions of books and box office tickets, is dead — at least according to malware writers. Researchers this week released proof-of-concept code for a number of cross-site scripting flaws on Facebook, but the social networking site said it closed the vulnerabilities within hours. After the recent worm outbreak on Facebook and MySpace, the social networking sites and security experts are working to prevent future attacks. The infamous ‘storm worm' virus attack began another run last week, this one called the largest in two years by messaging security vendor Postini. Public and private proof-of-concept code has emerged for the gaping Windows hole plugged by Microsoft on Thursday in an emergency update. For possibly the first time ever, Apple is recommending Mac OS X users deploy anti-virus solutions -- but it remains unclear exactly why. The crisis on Wall Street is contributing to the largest rise in email-borne malware since February 2007. Crushing the Storm worm, the Srizbi botnet has caused a sharp rise in the circulation of malicious spam which is said to have tripled in just one week. Researchers at Panda Labs have discovered a free toolkit that allows users to turn any executable file into a worm. A new botnet spamming male sexual enhancement pill promotions has overtaken the notorious Storm worm botnet as the ‘largest single source of the world’s spam’, security vendor Marshal has warned. The notorious "storm worm" trojan is at it again, this time spreading through a bogus link for a YouTube video, security researchers have warned.