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RSS worm writerMe Code Write Good: The l33t Skillz of the Virus Writer
However, for every Blaster, there's a worm that repeatedly attempts to infect the same machine. Viruses and worms pose some of the most formidable threats in the modern computer security landscape. With some virus... [16 Dec 2006]
Me Code Write Good: The l33t Skillz of the Virus Writer
White Paper However, for every Blaster, there's a worm that repeatedly attempts to infect the same machine. Viruses and worms pose some of the most formidable threats in the modern computer security landscape. With some virus... [16 Dec 2006]
Me Code Write Good: The l33t Skillz of the Virus Writer
However, for every Blaster, there's a worm that repeatedly attempts to infect the same machine. Viruses and worms pose some of the most formidable threats in the modern computer security landscape. With some virus... [16 Dec 2006]
Virus writer suspects bagged by police
News Graham Cluley, senior security consultant for Sophos, said the group could also have been responsible for writing a worm the security company calls "Tibick", written in 2004. The worm spread via... [28 Jun 2006]
Yahoo! 'virus writer' claims he just wants a job
News However, one added that whether or not the man in question wrote the Yamanner worm it is certainly "an unusual way to try to land a job". I just looking for good job in good computer company and I wrote this... [16 Jun 2006]
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]
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. According to antivirus firm Sophos' top 10 chart of the most reported malware last month,... [02 Aug 2005]
Sasser writer free to return to his job
News Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos, said: "Even a year after his arrest, it is more likely that you will be infected by a worm written by Sven Jaschan than any other virus author. The German... [08 Jul 2005]
Sasser virus writer admits guilt in trial
News Sven Jaschan, the German teenager accused of writing the Sasser virus, is standing trial today, a year after he was arrested and admitted to writing the damaging worm which caused havoc for many businesses and... [05 Jul 2005]
Sasser virus writer trial date set
News A German court has set aside three days in July to try the teenager accused of creating the Sasser worm. The Sasser worm and its six known variants started spreading in May last year and compromised... [01 Jun 2005]
Love Bug legacy shows users still fall for false promises
News It was a self-propagating mass mailer like so many we've seen since but the real interest was the simplicity with which it exploited the power of social engineering as the primary tool in the virus writer's arsenal. [04 May 2005]
Sober worm makes a comeback
News It looks like the virus writer is deliberately using broken English to [convince] people the email is not a virus," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at antivirus company Sophos, in a statement. [20 Apr 2005]
Microsoft drops Blaster writer $500,000 penalty
News Jeffrey Lee Parson, the teenager convicted of writing a variant of the Blaster worm, won't have to pay the $500,000 the court awarded in restitution as a result of the malware. Lee Parson was sentenced earlier this year... [30 Mar 2005]
14-year-old 'downed Microsoft homepage for four hours'
News The RPCSDBOT worm that the youngster created exploited the same software hole in the Windows OS as the Blaster worm, which saw another teenage virus writer in the dock. A teenage virus... [14 Feb 2005]
Virus writer goes to jail
News A US federal judge on Friday sentenced a 19-year-old Minnesota man to 18 months in prison for unleashing a variant of the MSBlast worm. His variant of the worm infected approximately 48,000 computers... [31 Jan 2005]
