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Photos: Vicious viruses find a home in art
Photo Here is the MyDoom email worm that was said to have infected one in every 12 emails worldwide in early 2004. The RSA Conference being held in San Francisco last week brought together information security professionals to... [27 Apr 2009]
Malware: From bedroom to boardroom
Comment Heralding the beginning of the botnet phenomenon, Sobig was rapidly followed by a whole host of imitators such as MyDoom, Netsky and Bagel. Once the preserve of bedroom-bound teenagers, malware is now big business and... [19 Nov 2007]
VACCINE: War of the Worms in Wired and Wireless Networks
White Paper The highlight of worm outbreaks in 2004 was a new phenomenon called 'War of the Worms' between NetSky, Bagle and MyDoom worm variants. Their aftermaths caused the record-high of 12 outbreaks in first quarter alone. [31 Aug 2007]
CIO Jury: Viruses still a major security threat
News The last serious mass-mailing virus attacks to hit both home PC users and businesses were Sasser, Bagle and MyDoom in 2004. Computer viruses still pose a major threat to corporate networks despite the lack of a major... [25 Jan 2007]
Old malware can affect Vista, admits Microsoft
News At least three well-known internet worms - labelled Stratio-Zip, Netsky-D and MyDoom-O by Sophos - are able to execute on the operating system, according to Sophos. Microsoft has confirmed Vista can be affected by... [05 Dec 2006]
TCP/IP Stack Improvements in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
White Paper The presenters of this webcast also discusses security improvements that have been made in TCP/IP to enable a Windows 2003 Server to better handle DDOS attacks such as those launched by Blaster and MYDoom viruses. [13 Oct 2006]
Shut down Sober-infected PCs, ISPs urged
News Jonathan Lambeth, director of communications for AOL UK, said: "We have on occasion made outbound contact with members in specific situations, such as the Mydoom worm, but have no plans to do so in this instance as we... [10 Jan 2006]
Was your business at risk for 56 days this year?
News IronPort claims businesses were unprotected against Bagle, Goldun, MyDoom, MyTob and Sober and their variants for a total of 1,335 hours - or nearly 56 days. Security appliance vendor IronPort has hit out at some of the... [19 Dec 2005]
Zotob author linked to credit card fraud ring
News The teen's handle, "Diabl0", appears in more than 20 other viruses and worms, including Mydoom-BG and many versions of Mytob, which are currently dominating worldwide virus reports, according to Sophos. [31 Aug 2005]
Is latest can of worms a cyber-crime turf war?
News Last year, the creators of Bagle, MyDoom and NetSky appeared to be in competition to gain control of large numbers of PCs for use in botnets. The recent surge in worms could be part of an underground battle to hijack PCs... [18 Aug 2005]
Virus warning: Worm uses news-hook for bait
News Ironically, another one of the messages that can be sent by the worm announces the supposed arrest of the author of the MyDoom worm: "Hey, this is to tell you that the author of the internet Worm... [29 Jun 2005]
Virus Top 10: 'Latest hit list far from the last'
News MyDoom-O (1.2 per cent) Sophos has claimed its latest virus top 10 is proof that reports on the death of email-borne viruses have been grossly exaggerated. Many high-profile attendees at last week's InfoSecurity Europe... [03 May 2005]
Microsoft update includes five 'critical' Windows fixes
News The software now removes Hacker Defender, Mimail and Rbot, as well as new variants of the Berbew, Bropia Gaobot, MyDoom and Sober worms, the company said. Microsoft released on Tuesday a slew of security patches, five of... [13 Apr 2005]
Virus Top 10: Can nothing stop Zafi's rampage?
News MyDoom.O 1.3 per cent This month's virus top ten shows that Zafi is still topping the malware chart for the most prolific virus. Zafi.D, which first appeared in 2004, has now topped the chart for most reported virus for... [31 Mar 2005]
Nokia phones targeted by Trojan
News But MMS viruses are more comparable to email worms like Bagle, MyDoom, Sobig and others. Antivirus researchers are investigating a new Trojan horse that could prove to be a more pervasive threat to mobile phones than Cabir. [08 Mar 2005]
