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RSS wormsVirus crackdown: Microsoft sends out the bounty hunters
News However, some researchers believed that such rewards might divert attention away from other efforts to add security that might defeat worms and viruses in the future. One security researcher, who spoke with the condition of anonymity, said: "It... [05 Nov 2003]
Are virus writers resting on their laurels?
News Despite a new virus, Mimail.C, hitting inboxes worldwide over the last few days, the virus chart, detailing the most prevalent viruses during October shows very little variation in the worms which have been plaguing systems for the past few weeks. [03 Nov 2003]
"Our private photos" email worm warning
News Schmugar said one of the more unusual aspects of the worm - which McAfee classified as a "moderate" threat - was its use of a Zip file, which could prove to have longer legs than the .exe files most worms try to spread. [03 Nov 2003]
Virus-writing hackers are biggest threat
News Gordon told silicon.com that hackers are driven by the motivation to complete a technology challenge and are usually not interested in the basic task of writing viruses and worms. Hackers who crossover into virus writing territory present the... [31 Oct 2003]
UK security 'most shameful in Europe'
News These last statistics are perhaps unsurprising given the problems UK businesses are clearly having getting up to date with email-borne malware such as worms and viruses. Despite the proliferation of high-profile attacks and a spate of recent worm... [30 Oct 2003]
Weather-forecasting toaster biggest network threat?
News Instant worm attacks and household toasters have been highlighted by security experts as some of the biggest threats faced by Internet users over the coming years. At the Compsec 2003 conference in London on Thursday, a panel of security experts... [30 Oct 2003]
5 years ago...Clinton signs internet copyright protection act
News 29.10.98: President Clinton yesterday dealt a blow to internet piracy by signing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act into law. The Act aims to protect copyrighted software, music and text on the internet by outlawing the technology used to break... [29 Oct 2003]
Virus writers have China in their hands
News Earlier this year, the Slammer and Blaster worms hit China hard, thanks to poor awareness of network security in the country. A record number of China's computers have been hit by viruses this year, according to a ministry survey. [21 Oct 2003]
Yet another Microsoft security flaw?
News The latest glitch is in Window's DCOM code - the same component of Windows targeted by the Blaster and Nachi worms in August - but researchers are at this stage reluctant to call the flaw a full-blown exploitable vulnerability. [15 Oct 2003]
Reliance on Microsoft makes firms vulnerable says Gartner
News The Gartner research note agrees that diversity comes at a cost, but it adds that companies that were hit by the SQL Slammer and MSBlast worms may need to consider diversifying as an additional defence against future attacks. [09 Oct 2003]
Severe viruses down, P2P and IM attacks up
News According to the report, the number of viruses and worms targeting Win32 systems more than doubled, but surprisingly, severe attacks actually halved compared to the same period last year. Security firm Symantec, which published its bi-annual... [01 Oct 2003]
IM: Managing the medium, managing the message
Comment Security is obviously a concern, as are viruses, worms and Trojans that can be carried in attachments - like email. Choosing IM as a new means of corporate communications is not a decision to be made by IT managers or the board. [24 Sep 2003]
Virus watch: Should we be braced for the return of Sobig?
News The motivation behind the Sobig worms also suggests the work of the creator is unlikely to stop now. The frequency of previous Sobig variant infections suggests we should be bracing ourselves for the next iteration of the fast-spreading worm any... [17 Sep 2003]
Virus writers tool up for Blaster re-run
News Ken Dunham, an analyst at iDefense, said on Tuesday that it is "highly likely" that new worms or Trojan horses will emerge in the next few days. Tools have been developed to exploit a recently announced Windows flaw, further increasing the... [17 Sep 2003]
Why the punishment doesn't fit the high-tech crime
Comment The disparity between the two-year sentence for the web designer in Wales who infected 27,000 computers worldwide with mass-mailing worms and the 15-month term for the software pirate turning over £300,000 a year selling counterfeit Adobe... [09 Sep 2003]
