Phatbot
Canadians arrest teen over Randex worm
News The arrest comes just weeks after German police moved in on two groups of youths in connection with authoring the Sasser worm and the Phatbot Trojan. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have arrested a teenager on... [27 May 2004]
Microsoft bounty snares second virus writer
News Moreover, contrary to what some press reports had to say, Nigam did not believe that the person penned a variant of Agobot known as Phatbot. Microsoft confirmed on Monday that German authorities had arrested a man... [11 May 2004]
Windows hacks available on the net
News Symantec confirmed that it has also captured a version of the AgoBot program, known as PhatBot, that appears to have the ability to attack systems through the LSASS vulnerability. Program files designed to exploit two... [29 Apr 2004]
New Phatbot worm out there?
News A new variant of the Phatbot worm may be on the loose and attempting to attack SQL Server ports, according to a warning the SANS Institute issued on Monday. Last month, Phatbot made the rounds, attacking... [20 Apr 2004]
Phatbot is "the Swiss army knife of Trojans"
News Phatbot, also known as Agobot, is a powerful piece of malware that opens a back door on a computer and connects to its own peer-to-peer network of infected machines. Once a computer is infected and connected to this P2P... [18 Mar 2004]