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Stories about: web worm

Web Worm Targets Older WordPress Versions A Web worm that spreads by exploiting a vulnerability in older versions of WordPress has put the blogosphere in alert mode. Once it compromises a vulnerable installation, the worm begins to taint older blog entries with malicious links and, in some cases, it can even destroy data. Reports of hacked, WordPress-powere... 8 September 2009 04:56 GMT Twitter's API Used to Create Worm Respected security researcher Aviv Raff warns of a new type of web vulnerability, which he dubs "Cross-Web2.0 Scripting." According to him, a perfectly secure website can become insecure if a third-party web service using its API is vulnerable. Much of the website interconnection and real-time information exchange t... 27 May 2009 09:22 GMT