Mytob
RSS MytobBarts hospital virus: "Entirely avoidable"
News The results of the review appeared in an internal trust report on the Mytob infection, which affected St Bartholomew's in the City, The Royal London in Whitechapel and The London Chest Hospital in Bethnal Green in November. [30 Jan 2009]
PCs at five hospitals struck down by virus
News The incident echoes an earlier infection at the Barts and The London NHS Trust, where hospital PCs were struck down by the Mytob worm. The Conficker B virus infected 800 out of the 7,000 PCs at five hospitals in... [21 Jan 2009]
London hospitals still battling computer virus
News The W32/Mytob.gen@mm virus was detected on a network at the trust - which covers St Bartholomew's in the City, The Royal London in Whitechapel and The London Chest in Bethnal Green - on Monday 17 November. [28 Nov 2008]
Hospitals' virus infection: Is the end in sight?
News The virus, which the hospital has identified as the Mytob worm, infected the Trust's network leaving some staff without computer access for days. The computer virus infection that first struck Barts and the London NHS... [24 Nov 2008]
Hospitals still fighting virus infection - day three
News The virus has been identified as Mytob, the spokesman said. According to antivirus vendor McAfee, W32/Mytob.gen@mm - a mass-mailing worm - was first identified in February 2005 and is categorised as a... [20 Nov 2008]
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. The company claims CA, Kaspersky Labs, McAfee, Sophos,... [19 Dec 2005]
Sober alert over Paris Hilton 'attachment'
News Several other variants of a different virus, dubbed "Mytob", are also making the rounds. A new variant of the Sober worm made the network rounds on Tuesday, attempting to entice people into clicking on attachments... [23 Nov 2005]
Virus top 10: Holidaymakers cause malware tumble
News Despite the fact that Netsky.P has increased its share of the most reported viruses according to antivirus firm Sophos, up from 14 per cent in July, the Mytob family of worms remains a threat to PC users everywhere,... [01 Sep 2005]
Zotob author linked to credit card fraud ring
News Ekici along with Farid Essebar, an 18-year-old Moroccan national born in Russia, are believed to be responsible for Zotob and the earlier Mytob and Rbot worms. The suspected link to a credit card fraud ring expands the... [31 Aug 2005]
Virus arrest: Two caught in Zotob sting
News Bresson said that Essebar, who went by the nickname 'Diabl0', and Ekici, known as 'Coder', are suspected of creating both the Mytob and Zotob worms. Zotob included some of the code used in Mytob, an... [30 Aug 2005]
Darkmail: Cyber nasties just got nastier
News The top five in July in descending order were: W32.Netsky.P, Phish-BankFraud.eml.b, W32.Mytob.DF, W32.Mytob.EE and W32.Mytob.ED. The number of phishing emails sent to UK businesses... [03 Aug 2005]
Virus Top 10: Mytob storms malware chart
News The Mytob family of worms has continued its march onto PCs across the country and now dominates the chart of the most virulent viruses reported in July. According to antivirus firm Sophos' top 10 chart of the most... [02 Aug 2005]
Virus Top 10: Sober return topples Zafi
News Recent arrival on the virus landscape Mytob (Z and AZ variants) also made its presence felt. Mytob-AZ 1.6 per cent (New entry) Mytob-Z 1.5 per cent Mytob-E 1.5 per cent... [01 Jun 2005]
Virus warnings: Watch out for latest Bagle and Mytob
News Also a new variant of Mytob has been spotted in the wild. According to Blackspider, Mytob has been seen in slightly smaller numbers but is yet another infection for users to be wary of. Email and... [31 May 2005]
Virus Top 10: 'Latest hit list far from the last'
News Mytob-Z (1.3 per cent) NEW ENTRY 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... [03 May 2005]
