do not click links in e - mail
 
a global e - mail virus spammed inboxes thursday afternoon , slowing -- and in some cases halting -- work at offices around the world as employees watched their inboxes inexplicably fill with e - mails under the subject line " here you have . "
the company said both the august worm and the one that hit corporate e - mail services thursday referenced a known libyan hacker who has tried to unite other like - minded hackers in a cyber - jihad .
secureworks said that according to a 2008 posting from the hacker , his goal is " to penetrate u.s. agencies belonging to the u.s. army . "
as it turns out , this threat is n't a worm .
abc news reported that nasa , comcast , and abc 's parent disney were hit hard , among others .
the term " worm " refers to a malicious program that can spread to other computers without any human interaction , so that last point had me worried .
on friday , the atlanta - based security firm secureworks said it found a possible link between the worm attack and a cyber - jihad organization called " brigades of tariq ibn ziyad " .