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On this day in history – the first computer worm to infect mobile phones

June 15, 2004: Caribe or Cabir is a computer worm that is designed to infect mobile phones that run Symbian OS. It is the first computer worm that can infect mobile phones. When a phone is infected with Cabir, the message “Caribe” is displayed on the phone’s display, and is displayed every time the phone […]

On this day in history – one of the most damaging worms ever appeared

May 5, 2000: The ILOVEYOU worm, also known as Love Letter, or VBS, or Love Bug worm, is a computer worm purportedly created by a Filipino computer science student. Written in VBScript, it infected millions of Windows computers worldwide within a few hours of its release. Using social engineering techniques, it is considered to be […]

Total Defense products detect the known variations of the WannaCry ransomware.

As you have probably seen in the news, a ransomware called WannaCry is propagating and has hit several large organizations across the globe this weekend. Total Defense customers are not affected by the new family of ransomware spreading massively This new threat combines a ransomware payload with a wormable behavior, making it the world’s most […]