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Over-phishing is depleting murky web waters
News Jack Clark, technology consultant at antivirus firm McAfee, said the number of phishing attacks is expected to keep growing because more people are using the internet and the phishers have started making money from the scam. [05 Aug 2004]
MyDoom worm quickly gives up the ghost
News Jack Clark, a technology consultant at security specialist McAfee, said this version of MyDoom seems to be "nothing special" and is following the behavior expected from a typical mass-mailing worm - dying down after an initial surge. [28 Jul 2004]
Cost of Sasser is $500m and counting…
News Jack Clark, security expert at McAfee, said: "The Sasser worm is just the latest in a string of viruses with multiple variants. And Clark estimates that the bill for the MyDoom virus will have hit $4bn by the end of the year. [12 May 2004]
Virus update: Bagle spread leaves bad taste in the mouth
News Jack Clark, product manager at McAfee, said: "We know of about six major enterprise customers who have been hit very hard by this virus and we believe the timing of its launch is no coincidence. However, despite the timing, Clark believes that... [19 Jan 2004]
Virus warning: Sober at Christmas
News Jack Clark, product manager at McAfee, said: "So far we are not seeing Sober.C in the same kind of number as some of out other infections this year but any virus which strikes over Christmas can become a real problem. [22 Dec 2003]
Friendly viruses? Pull the other one
Comment Jack Clark, product marketing manager at McAfee, today told us: "This worm offers to patch the vulnerability left by Microsoft - almost making the virus seem like a good idea, only as a user it really isn't a good idea to leave your patching to a... [19 Aug 2003]
Mimail worm still going strong
News But Jack Clark, product marketing manager at McAfee, said there are signs that the worm's spread is slowing down. The mass-mailing 'mimail' worm, which has bombarded systems over the last three days pretending to be from a user's IT administrator... [05 Aug 2003]
Virus writer's appeal dismissed - two-year sentence stands
News Jack Clark, product manager at McAfee, said the ruling shows that courts are getting tough with online crime and that it should send out a warning to script kiddies who think it is just a bit of harmless fun. [22 Jul 2003]
No justification for weekend hacking competition
Comment Jack Clark, product manager at McAfee, said: "I have a real problem with promoting any kind of criminal activity and that's what appears to be the case with this competition. I just hope ISS are spending as much time talking to the police as they... [03 Jul 2003]
Spam email hides 'fake Microsoft update' Trojan
News Jack Clark, product manager at McAfee, said his company had seen some activity around the email and warned users to get their patches up-to-date. A spam email that takes users to a fake Microsoft Windows update website and then infects their... [25 Jun 2003]
Multi-threat Bugbear marks return to the 'bad old days'
News Coupled with the recent outbreaks of Fizzer and the Sobig variants, Jack Clark, product manager at McAfee, fears we are back in the position we were in six months ago when several outbreaks per month was the norm. [06 Jun 2003]
Virus watch: What can Fizzer teach us?
News Jack Clark, product manager at McAfee, said: "The message here to companies is 'don't lose focus on the desktop'. Don't expect to ever see any viruses anymore which have just one infection vector," said Clark. [14 May 2003]
Ganda worm writer arrested
News Virus writes will use any occasion that they think will work on computer users, no matter how sick - be it the attack on the World Trade Centre or the war with Iraq," said Jack Clark, product manager at McAfee, in an earlier interview. [26 Mar 2003]
Virus writers and hackers mobilise against war
News Jack Clark, product manager at McAfee, said: "Virus writers will use any occasion that they think will work on computer users, no matter how sick - be it the attack on the World Trade Centre or the war with Iraq. [21 Mar 2003]
Virus warning: Don't take a Ganda at war pics
News Jack Clark, product manager at McAfee, said: "We're keen to stress that we still have this virus as a low risk at the moment. Clark describes this as a "go for the loins" approach, but in wartime such a practice becomes far more sinister. [19 Mar 2003]
