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RSS spread maliciousNimda Worm - Why is it Different?
White Paper The Nimda worm spread very rapidly infecting a large number of computers around the world in a very short period of time. This paper will examine the Nimda worm to identify what makes it different from other types of malicious code. [25 Feb 2004]
Blended Attacks Exploits, Vulnerabilities, and Buffer-Overflow Techniques in Computer Viruses
White Paper The CodeRed worm was a major shock to the antivirus industry since it was the first worm that spread not as a file, but solely in memory by utilizing a buffer overflow in Microsoft IIS. Exploits, vulnerabilities, and buffer-overflow techniques have... [25 Feb 2004]
Execution Control Lists: an Approach to Defending Against New and Unknown Malicious Software
White Paper Because these viruses spread so quickly, the reactive approach to virus detection is not effective in stopping a Melissa-style virus. Today's approaches to dealing with malware are not effective. The most common approach to dealing with viruses is... [25 Feb 2004]
A Word About Computer Viruses
White Paper A computer virus is a program that is intentionally designed to modify, disrupt, or damage files and programs, and to spread throughout the system. Some, known as "benign" viruses, may simply display a humorous or innocuous message on the screen... [25 Feb 2004]
Technologically Enabled Crime: Shifting Paradigms for the Year 2000
White Paper In addition to the people, we will consider the part the systems and technology play in the spread of this sort of data. This paper will consider the social and ethical factors involved in the transmission of computer viruses and other malicious... [25 Feb 2004]
Fighting Computer Viruses
White Paper Computer viruses spread from program to program and computer to computer, much as biological viruses spread within individuals and among individual members of a society. There are other computer pathogens, such as the "worms" that occasionally... [25 Feb 2004]
Osama Bin Laden capture hoax carries a Trojan
News The spread of the software between IM users has angered AOL, which could sue the creator of the program, AOL spokesman Andrew Weinstein said. BuddyLinks doesn't qualify as malicious, because it doesn't delete anything and can be easily uninstalled... [12 Feb 2004]
MyDoom is the 'worst ever' virus
News F-Secure credited the worm's fast spread to several factors, including aggressive harvesting of email addresses and the fact that it was released in the middle of the North American workday, giving it several hours to spread unchecked among... [29 Jan 2004]
Virus Top 10: Writers stayed Sober this Christmas
News The virus is spread over email and P2P networks, but can be hard to identify as the email which carries it has a variety of subject lines, from the friendly - 'Thank You very very very much' - to the less than complimentary - 'you are an idiot'. [07 Jan 2004]
Microsoft urges home users to blast MSBlast
News The MSBlast worm, also commonly called the Blaster worm, started spreading last August and is believed to have spread to hundreds of thousands of systems. Worms - programs that spread between vulnerable computers over a network - have been the bane... [07 Jan 2004]
Virus warning over 'Mary' porn photos email
News Kevin Hogan from Symantec's Security Response team told silicon.com's sister site ZDNet UK that the Trojan is unlikely to spread much further because it does not self-replicate. Anyone foolish enough to open the attachment will not find what they... [25 Nov 2003]
Will Microsoft's 'Most Wanted' hunt work?
News MSBlast, also known as Blaster and Lovsan, spread to as many as 1.2 million computers, according to data from security company Symantec. The Sobig.F virus spread via email on 19 August, compromising users' computers with software designed to turn... [06 Nov 2003]
Juvenile held in US for MSBlast follow-up attacks
News The US Department of Justice announced on Friday that a juvenile has been arrested in connection with the release of a computer worm that spread in the same way as the MSBlast worm. The arrest is the second stemming from viruses spread by online... [29 Sep 2003]
Secure gateway email servers key to virus blocking
News Gateway email security is key to stopping the spread of virus outbreaks such as Sobig.F, according to analyst group Gartner. Sobig.F used spoofed email addresses to spread itself from infected computers - and the problem was compounded by a deluge... [27 Aug 2003]
Sobig the worst worm ever
News Sobig.F, like previous versions of the virus, uses an email address other than the victim's as the apparent source of email messages that it sends to spread itself. Many anti-virus systems send an alert that notifies the apparent sender of viral... [21 Aug 2003]
