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Worm Solves Gmail's CAPTCHA, Creates Fake Accounts Worm Solves Gmail's CAPTCHA, Creates Fake Accounts. A Vietnamese security company has detected what it believes is a new worm that thwarts Google's security protections in order to register new dummy Gmail accounts from which to send spam.
Bach Koa Internetwork Security (BKIS) said the worm was discovered earlier this week in one of its honeypots, the term for a computer set up to catch samples of malicious software. BKIS has named the malware "W32.Gaptcha.Worm."
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