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A Study of Mass-Mailing Worms
White Paper This paper analyzes network traffic traces collected from a college campus and presents an in-depth study on the effects of two mass-mailing worms, SoBig and MyDoom, on outgoing traffic. Mass-mailing worms have made a significant impact on the... [09 Jun 2006]
Netsky virus writers claim to be behind Sasser worm
News Already, the software giant has promised three $250,000 rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the authors of MSBlast, Sobig and MyDoom. The programmers, who have referred to themselves as the Skynet Antivirus Team, may... [04 May 2004]
Virus 'double whammy' hits users
News An absolute glut of Bagle variants - C, D, E, F and G - all broke out over the weekend, while Netsky.D appeared this morning, immediately raising concerns about the extent of damage it could do as its spread appears to echo that of the devastating... [01 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. A variant of the mass-mailing Bagle virus started spreading Tuesday, as US businesses returned... [18 Feb 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]
Massive rise in spam down to Sobig virus
News Sobig.F sought not only to infect a machine and propagate through mass-mailing techniques, but also to compromise systems by exploiting open proxies. According to an end-of-year report published by email-outsourcing firm MessageLabs, the Sobig.F... [09 Dec 2003]
Sobig virus devastation continues
News The mass-mailing computer virus Sobig.F, which targets Windows computers, started multiplying earlier this week, quickly adding to the network havoc. Sobig.F, the world's worst ever computer virus, and the Nachi 'fixer' worm are continuing to flood... [22 Aug 2003]
Sobig the worst worm ever
News The Sobig virus deluging users' inboxes again this week is the largest epidemic of a mass-mailing worm to date, according to figures from anti-virus firms. MessageLabs said one in every 17 messages contains the Sobig virus - far more then the... [21 Aug 2003]
Virus warning: Sobig is so back
News A MessageLabs statement said: "Initial analysis would suggest that Sobig.F is a mass-emailing virus that is spreading very vigorously. The Sobig email virus which caused havoc two months ago has reappeared in a virulent new form, according to email... [19 Aug 2003]
Are infected home PCs adding to spam headache?
News The company has already pinpointed the recent Sobig virus, and previous variants as probable spammer creations. The latest Sobig.E variant opens a series of five ports through which the virus downloads additional software to turn the infected... [30 Jun 2003]
Sobig continues to clog inboxes throughout Thursday
News The latest variant of the Sobig virus continued to spread on Thursday, underscoring how mass-mailing computer viruses can still be a nuisance. In the past 24 hours, the virus, known as Sobig.E, mainly has affected US computer users, according to... [27 Jun 2003]
Virus warning: Return of Sobig is so bad for spam
News Initial analysis by antivirus companies indicated that the mass-mailing computer worm, called Sobig.E, doesn't have a malicious payload. A new variant of the Sobig virus has started spreading worldwide, raising fears that spammers will have a host... [26 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]
