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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. But in 2003, the malware landscape was irrevocably changed by the arrival of the Sobig virus. [19 Nov 2007]
Nokia phones targeted by Trojan
News But MMS viruses are more comparable to email worms like Bagle, MyDoom, Sobig and others. It can be sent to any kind of wireless gadget or computer, but if that device does not run the Symbian Series 60 software, it will not be infected. [08 Mar 2005]
MCI accused of hosting spam tools
News Security experts at MessageLabs have confirmed that Send Safe was malicious and was able to manipulate any computer that was infected with the Sobig, Sober and MyDoom viruses. This Send Safe feature instructs its hijacked proxies to send the spam... [14 Feb 2005]
Microsoft's Sasser bounty hangs on conviction
News Although the software giant has placed quarter-million-dollar bounties on the heads of those responsible for the MSBlast worm, the Sobig virus and the MyDoom virus, no arrests have yet been made in those cases. [13 Sep 2004]
Spam meltdown brewing in suburbia
News Similarly, an army of infected machines - or bot-nets - is being created by viruses such as MS Blast, MyDoom and Sobig, with the potential to harvest processing power for spammers' illegal operations. [04 Aug 2004]
Virus alert: Microsoft targeted by MyDoom wannabe
News The software giant is no stranger to malicious levels of traffic and as with the SoBig and MyDoom viruses the company claims to have in place measures to keep its website available. A new worm, called Zindos, is launching an attack on Microsoft.com... [28 Jul 2004]
AOL claims one billion virus emails blocked
News During the peak of the Sobig.F outbreak in August 2003, AOL hit its own peak - for viruses blocked in a single day: 24 million in just 24 hours. AOL says it's blocked more than one billion virus-infected emails since launching a screening program... [17 May 2004]
Security no worse than in 2002, says report
News The latest viruses - including the MyDoom, Sobig and Bagel viruses - leave behind a secret entry point into any system that has been infected by the programs. The number of public alerts about software security flaws leveled off over the last six... [16 Mar 2004]
Cisco battles Juniper with worms
News As worms and viruses such as SoBig, MSBlast and MyDoom continue to propagate through millions of networks throughout the world, the need for technology to keep those elements off networks has increasingly become important. [10 Mar 2004]
Anyone for another Bagle?
News Like the Sobig viruses, Bagle.B is capable of sending its own email out, which means that it can efficiently create a steady stream of infected messages. Like the original virus, Bagle.B spreads by sending an email message with an attached copy of... [18 Feb 2004]
Microsoft stumps up $250,000 virus bounty
News It offered the same amount for information leading to the capture and conviction of the persons or groups responsible for releasing the MSBlast worm and the Sobig.F virus. The MyDoom.B variant appeared on Wednesday and, among other things, prevents... [30 Jan 2004]
MyDoom is the 'worst ever' virus
News F-Secure estimated that the worm was accounting for 20 per cent to 30 per cent of worldwide email traffic Wednesday, putting it well ahead of previous nasties, such as the SoBig.F worm. That compares with a total of 33 million infections and a peak... [29 Jan 2004]
SCO puts $250,000 bounty on MyDoom virus writer's head
News As part of the announcement, Microsoft offered two $250,000 rewards for the individuals or groups that released the MSBlast worm and the Sobig.F mass-mailing computer virus. We are already ahead of Sobig," said Thor Larholm, senior security... [28 Jan 2004]
'High risk' virus floods internet and attack SCO
News Early data indicated an epidemic several times the size of the Sobig.F virus, which caused widespread infections last summer, said Scott Petry, a vice president of engineering at email service provider Postini. [27 Jan 2004]
Bagle worm threat cools
News Despite the drop-off, concerns remain that Bagle - which seems patterned on last year's most effective virus, Sobig - is just the first of a series of programs that will become more effective at attacking PCs with each new version. [21 Jan 2004]
