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RSS mytobWas 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, Symantec and Trend Micro were... [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 purporting to be threats from the... [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, taking up seven out of 10 chart... [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 possible financial motivation... [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 email worm that first started spreading in March. [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 increased by 45 per cent in July, according to the latest figures... [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 reported malware last month... [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 The return of Sober (variant N) has seen it rocket to the top of the current... [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 internet users are being urged to look out for the... [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 Europe show predicted such... [03 May 2005]
