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Photos: A day in the life of a virus hunter
Photo This can help uncover hidden dangers such as a time bomb, where the virus writer hides code within the malware to trigger at a certain time, for instance to wipe the hard disk on Friday the 13th. With... [09 Oct 2008]
Security Solutions - Integrated or Compatible?
White Paper In the field of IT security, the sheer range of tools and techniques in the hacker or virus writer's armory that one must guard against has driven up the number of solutions required to prevent attacks. [21 May 2008]
Me Code Write Good: The l33t Skillz of the Virus Writer
White Paper With some virus writers on the bleeding edge of technology, making use of 0-day exploits and innovative techniques to circumvent system security features. From exploitable vulnerabilities in their code to... [16 Dec 2006]
Virus writer suspects bagged by police
News Police in London, acting in conjunction with Finnish law enforcement authorities, arrested three suspected virus writers on Tuesday. The computer viruses ran in the background on an infected computer without the... [28 Jun 2006]
Yahoo! 'virus writer' claims he just wants a job
News silicon.com has been contacted by an individual claiming to have written the Yamanner virus which targeted users of the Yahoo! Carole Theriault, senior security consultant at Sophos, told silicon.com that the technical... [16 Jun 2006]
Analysis: A globetrotter's guide to cyber crime
Comment Perhaps most famous of all is Sven Jaschan, the German teenaged writer of the Sasser virus. Europe also has a very active hacker network and recent years have seen a number of European... [09 May 2006]
Sober attack shouldn't bite, say antivirus experts
News As everybody knows about the attack, the virus writer may lay low and attack at a later date. The Sober attack predicted to occur on 6 January should not be a problem, antivirus experts said on Wednesday. [04 Jan 2006]
Zombie armies are shrinking, says security guru
News When a malicious writer launches a phishing scam, antivirus companies will write so-called signatures that identify the attack for their protective products. He added: "When a larger botnet is spreading a... [17 Nov 2005]
Police: Fancy arresting some hackers?
News We provided the police with the name and location of the Kournikova writer and also Melissa", adding that there is still a great deal of room for improvement with law enforcement bodies who "rarely" request such data. [10 Oct 2005]
Microsoft told to take some virus blame
News Graham Cluley, Sophos senior technology consultant, said in a statement: "The majority of users believe that the virus writer has to take the ultimate blame for deliberately creating and unleashing this... [19 Aug 2005]
Microsoft: Vista won't feature virus-target tool
News A new scripting tool targeted by a virus writer will not be part of Windows Vista, the next Windows client release, Microsoft announced on Friday. Toulouse's posting follows comments from a Microsoft... [08 Aug 2005]
Virus writers target Windows Vista feature
News The Monad viruses were written by a virus writer who calls himself "Second Part To Hell" and is believed to live in Austria, according to Hyppönen. Virus writers have published what are... [05 Aug 2005]
Virus Top 10: Mytob storms malware chart
News Netsky.P first made its appearance back in March 2004, one of the many variants spawned by teen virus writer Sven Jaschan. Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, said the rise of Mytob... [02 Aug 2005]
Sick virus writer exploits London bomb blast
News A virus has been spotted in the wild which attempts to exploit concerns surrounding the bomb blasts which rocked London last Thursday and left at least 50 people dead. It's the latest instance of sickening social... [09 Jul 2005]
Sasser writer free to return to his job
News The German 19-year-old who wrote the Sasser email virus, which caused havoc and huge financial damage to businesses worldwide last year, has escaped serious punishment. Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for... [08 Jul 2005]
