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WHID 2008-58: New Orkut Worm in Brazil

Updated: 
11 February 2009
Attack Information
WHID ID: 
2008-58
Date Occured: 
4 Oct 2008
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Outcome Information
Outcome: 
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Target Information
Attacked Entity Field: 
Web 2.0
Source Information
Attack Source Geography: 
Brazil

XSSed reports another XSS worm in Orkut. Since Orkut is big in Brazil, it is quite natural that a Brazilian group created the worm.

I have used this occasion to sort out worms reporting in WHID.

  • A worm is now considered an attack method rather than an outcome. If nothing else, the outcome of a worm is "planting of malware": itself.
  • I have added a "Web 2.0" organization type as many of the XSS worms infect Web 2.0 sites.