MyWife variant mailed to 50,000 video blog watchers.
Google
has apologised to users of its
Google Video Blog
, some 50,000 of whom were exposed to an email worm after three postings were infected and sent out to mailing lists. No details of how the incident happened have emerged, and
Google
claims to be ‘taking steps’ to prevent such occurrences.
The blog (
here
) is used to keep readers informed of the latest and best additions to the
YouTube
-style
Google Video
system, and includes an email subscription system for updates. The postings, made on Tuesday night and since removed, were infected with ‘W32/
[email protected]
‘, also commonly known as MyWife, Nyxem or Blackmal and referred to in the press as the Kama Sutra worm.
Discovered in January this year, the email and network-share worm garnered fame for the sexual nature of its email subject lines, and for some destructive payload. With detection long since in place for most AV products, few users are thought to be at serious risk, but
Google
has pointed worried recipients to the copy of
Norton
AV included in its free
Google Pack
download.
A brief statement from
Google
is
here
.
Posted on 09 November 2006 by
Virus Bulletin
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