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RSS malwareThe silicon.com Weekly Round-Up: 30.05.03
Comment Meanwhile back in the real world on the leafy campus of Calgary University, the computer science department has announced it will offer undergraduate students a course on Computer Viruses and Malware, which also involves... [30 May 2003]
Support grows for controversial virus writing course
News The tide has turned in favour of the University of Calgary, earlier this week lambasted for announcing it will run a virus writing course for computer science students. However, the majority opinion still appears to be opposed to the... [30 May 2003]
Virus writing at University: Could we, would we, should we?
Comment Yes, it's possible to advance the methods of creating malware. "Your scientists were too pre-occupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should. Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park. [28 May 2003]
University to run virus writing course
News Fourth-year students will this autumn be offered a class entitled "Computer Viruses and Malware," in which students will write and test their own viruses. While many students would be expelled from their computer science... [28 May 2003]
Virus Top 10: 15 months of domination for Klez
News Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos Anti-Virus, said: "While Klez refuses to go away, a new entry this month is Datemake - a type of malware known as a dialler. Klez is still riding high in the virus... [30 Apr 2003]
Siemens handsets vulnerable to SMS attack
News Normally such warnings are dismissed as scare stories because, although as phones get more complex their software contains more bugs, viruses and SMS-communicated malware are extremely rare. A text message is threatening... [19 Mar 2003]
Virus Top 10: Klez still can't be shaken
News The unshakeable malware was the most common virus in February, accounting for 13.7 per cent of all reported instances of viruses, according to statistics compiled by Sophos. The rest of the list comprised the 'usual... [03 Mar 2003]
Virus warning: Beware the Lovgate worm
News Called Lovgate, the worm has three variants (A,B and C), and is slightly more difficult to spot than the earlier 'Catherine Zeta Jones' malware, as emails carrying it come with random subject lines and contain... [24 Feb 2003]
Social engineering: Are people really this gullible?
Comment South American singer Shakira, US actress Jennifer Lopez and Russian tennis star Anna Kournikova have all been used to tempt the gullible into clicking on a malware-bearing file. 'Social engineering' is the phrase on... [13 Feb 2003]
Virus warning: Want some smutty pics of Catherine Zeta Jones?
News Typically such files, generally spread via email, purport to contain pictures of attractive females - with the likes of Latino lovely Shakira, Russian tennis ace Anna Kournikova and US singer Jennifer Lopez all being used to disseminate... [13 Feb 2003]
Police arrest two UK virus writers
News The NHTCU claims this group is behind a piece of malware known as the TK worm, which has infected approximately 18,000 computers worldwide. Two UK men - a 19-year-old electrician and an unemployed 21-year-old - are being... [06 Feb 2003]
Slammer: 'Warhol worm' was famous for 15 minutes
News A study has found that the Slammer worm hit almost all of its victims within 10 minutes, setting a new milestone in malware evolution. This rapidity puts Slammer into the realm of what is known as a Warhol worm, or one... [04 Feb 2003]
Virus Top 10: Avril Lavigne gets a number one
News The Avril worm has topped the virus charts for January - with two versions of the popstar-inspired malware claiming first and second spot and accounting for almost 30 per cent of all virus reports over the month. [31 Jan 2003]
The silicon.com Weekly Round-Up: 24.01.03
Comment The Sahay worm looks for the presence of an earlier bit of malware, known as Yaha, on your PC. Thinking of writing a virus? Well think again - there are signs the authorities are beginning to take the matter seriously. [24 Jan 2003]
Welsh virus writer faces five years in prison
News A Welsh virus writer is due in court today to be sentenced for creating malware which infected thousands of computers around the world. Simon Vallor, 22, wrote the 'Gokar' and 'Redesi' mass-mailing viruses, which are... [21 Jan 2003]
