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Waledac, The New Storm Worm?

Posted on February 11th, 2009

Security researchers have seen a new worm, called Waledac, quickly spreading throughout many networks.  Many of these researchers feel that Waledac bears a striking resemblance to one of the most devastating worms of all time, Storm.  Like the Storm worm, Waledac is spread through emails that appear to be holiday themed “e-cards.”  So far, users and researchers have seen both Christmas and Valentine’s Day e-cards being used.