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InternetNews December 23, 2003 Sharon Gaudin	2003 'Worst Year Ever' for Viruses, Worms In no other year have computer viruses and worms wreaked so much havoc and caused so much damage as in this past year, according to security analysts.
InternetNews February 12, 2004 Ryan Naraine	MyDoom Ends but Open Ports Attracting Mutants Microsoft releases a virus removal tool, but unpatched drone machines are still a major threat.
PC Magazine September 10, 2003 Sebastian Rupley	Could Another SoBig Attack Be Coming This Week? Some virus experts are concerned that September 11 might be the target date for another attack.
InternetNews January 14, 2004 Sharon Gaudin	Last Year's Security Problems May Balloon in 2004 If 2003 was the worst year in history for viruses and spam, hold onto your hat. This year, according to security experts, is setting up to see the malicious problems that appeared last year grow and fester into major security problems for 2004.
InternetNews January 27, 2004 Ryan Naraine	MyDoom Virus Could be 'Linux War' Weapon The SCO Group offers $250,000 for the arrest of the writer of a mass-mailing virus programmed to attack its home page.
InternetNews October 29, 2004 Ryan Naraine	It's Bagle Day, Again Anti-virus firms have raised the alarm after spotting three new strains of the Bagle virus rapidly spreading through e-mail inboxes.
InternetNews February 3, 2004 Chris Nerney	Virus Writing: Not Fun, Not Funny Whatever your feelings about SCO or Microsoft, MyDoom hurts thousands of other companies, the global economy and the Internet in general.
InternetNews January 28, 2004 Ryan Naraine	MyDoom Mutant Squirms; Blocks Anti-Virus Sites Experts warn that the new variant virus is potentially more dangerous than the original.
InternetNews March 1, 2005 Jim Wagner	Fresh Bagle Attacks Under Way A wave of Bagle variants is slipping past anti-virus software and into computers.
InternetNews December 22, 2003 Ryan Naraine	(Sober) Mutant Starts to Squirm This mass-mailing worm comes with a German flavor and puts new PC users at higher risk.
InternetNews January 27, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Riding on Open Code, Bagle Worm Returns The worm is flooding inboxes again, with likely two different new variants.
InternetNews January 20, 2004 Ryan Naraine	'Bagle' Virus Threat Upgraded New e-mail virus includes a backdoor component which could allow an attacker to execute malicious code on infected systems.
PC Magazine March 31, 2004 Sebastian Rupley	Virus Spitfires Virus writers exchange insults.
InternetNews March 31, 2004 Ryan Naraine	New Netsky Mutant Preps DoS Attack The Kazaa file-sharing network is being targeted for a DoS attack by the newest Netsky strain.
PC Magazine April 6, 2004 Jay Munro	The Lookout: MyDoom Hobbles E-Mail A powerful worm known variously as w32/Novarg.A, w32/Shimg, w32/Mydoom, or w32/Mimail.R began devastating personal and corporate e-mail systems across the globe in late January.
InternetNews August 2, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Three-in-One Virus Zapper Released Microsoft's latest tool helps disinfects systems impacted by the recent Mydoom, Zindos and Doomjuice worms... Working on a long-term plan to improve worm-removal tools.
InternetNews November 19, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	New Virus 'Sobers' up The Internet A new worm is wriggling around the Internet. This time it's the latest variant of Sober, which first appeared in October of 2003.
PC Magazine February 25, 2004 Cade Metz	Havoc From MyDoom A fast-spreading computer virus teaches lessons.
InternetNews April 1, 2004 Sharon Gaudin	Study: Virus Attacks Up But Infections Hold Steady Last year more -- and more dangerous -- viruses raced across the Internet than ever, according to a new study. But there was a glimmer of good news.
InternetNews December 8, 2005 Jim Wagner	Sober Worm Has Nazi Connection The infamous Sober worm is set to rear its ugly head again in a New Year's activity that has security officials expecting the worst.
PC World April 26, 2002 Joris Evers	Klez Worm Continues to Spread Home PC users should be on the lookout for worm and its variants, as reports of new infections increase...
PC Magazine September 2, 2003 Dennis Fisher	Sobig is Back Yet another variant of the persistent and malleable Sobig worm is on the loose.
InternetNews January 28, 2005	Blaster-B Worm Author Gets 18 Months in Jail The man convicted of authoring the Blaster-B worm has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.
The Motley Fool January 27, 2004 Rex Moore	Spam Worm Spreading Fast Don't open that file! Another virus threatens your computer.
InternetNews December 28, 2004 Tim Gray	Santy Worm Moves On The Santy.A worm uses search engines to find websites running forum software with an exploitable PHP security hole. Less than a week after Google stopped the worm, variants are reportedly utilizing other search engines.
Knowledge@Wharton September 10, 2003	System Alert: You've Got... Worms Was the recent spate of attacks just more of the same -- or are virus writers beginning to infect computers with other gains in mind? Experts at Wharton and elsewhere weigh in on possible motives and defenses against them.
PC World December 4, 2002 Paul Roberts	Klez Worm Was Worst of 2002 The prolific virus was reported more than any other this year, and simple human error likely caused its spread.
InternetNews November 9, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	New MyDoom Variant Aims at IE Hole New variant of the MyDoom virus takes advantage of Iframe vulnerability in IE. Windows XP SP2 users are not at risk.
InternetNews July 26, 2004 Jim Wagner	Search Engine Virus Spells 'Doom' A new strain of the old virus, MyDoom, is spreading throughout the Internet. This time, it's targeting search engines like Google.
InternetNews December 29, 2004 Tim Gray	Viruses Crowd Internet in 2004 A banner year for virus writers meant a bad year for Internet users, but much of the damage was preventable.
InternetNews December 14, 2004 Sharon Gaudin	New Zafi-D Worm Spreads Christmas Fear The latest variant in the Zafi worm family has hit the Wild, disguising itself as a Christmas greeting. Discovered on Dec. 13, the worm already has earned 'medium threat alert' status.
InternetNews September 22, 2005 David Needle	Beware, Bagle is Back Several anti-virus security sites have issued warnings that a variant of the infamous Bagle worm has shown up on the Internet, spreading via e-mails... Symantec agrees to acquire WholeSecurity...
PC Magazine June 2, 2004 Sebastian Rupley	No Attachment Needed In a disturbing turn for the worse in the virus blizzards, breeds of worms are appearing that don't require the user to open an e-mail attachment to infect a PC.
InternetNews August 24, 2004 Sharon Gaudin	Worm Uses Webcams to Spy on Users A new variant of the Rbot worm has the ability to take over users' webcams and use them to spy on people in their offices and homes.
InternetNews July 27, 2004 Jim Wagner	More Gloom from MyDoom Virus The latest version of the virus is a vehicle for another Trojan horse, which attacks Microsoft.com... Symantec releases a removal tool.
InternetNews June 3, 2005 Tim Gray	Ever-Morphing Bagle Virus Going Strong A new variant of the Bagle downloader virus is spreading havoc again on unsuspecting users' machines, according to e-mail security firm MessageLabs.
InternetNews December 23, 2004 Jim Wagner	Cyber Criminals Prove Elusive Law enforcement efforts to snare virus writers are improving, but the most destructive ones have evaded capture.
PC Magazine February 26, 2004 Michael J. Miller	The Trouble With Viruses As I write this, we're just getting over the latest virus scare--if indeed it's really over. Who's to blame, the virus writers, or microsoft?
InternetNews February 17, 2005 Tim Gray	MyDoom Back For More Another MyDoom variant is back and threatening Internet users by spreading through e-mail addresses found on popular search engines.
InternetNews May 3, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Sasser Worm Reined But Variants Sprout Experts continue to stress the importance of applying Microsoft's MS04-011 patch.
InternetNews January 29, 2004 Zachary Rodgers	'MyDoom' Variant Blocking Ad Servers Virus could result in under-delivery of online campaigns.
PC Magazine July 13, 2004 Alexandra Robbins	The Virus Wars As the problem continues to escalate, the future direction of the virus wars is something of an unknown, because it depends on so many variables, including the shifting motivations for virus writing.
InternetNews February 26, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Worms Continue to Wriggle, Wreak Havoc 'Zero-day' exploits and new styles of viruses send security firms scrambling to patch the latest holes in the network.
InternetNews February 2, 2004 Jim Wagner	SCO Shifts, Microsoft Braces for Next MyDoom Microsoft warns its users on how to remove MyDoom.B from computers as the first DDoS attacks begin.
PC Magazine October 14, 2003	The Lookout: Blaster and SoBig Move In The Blaster worm continued to tear through the Internet in August, followed almost immediately by an improved version of the SoBig worm, as security experts struggled to find and fix infected systems.
InternetNews March 19, 2004 Ryan Naraine	It is Time for Some 'Friendly' Worms Let's face it folks, the virus writers have the upper hand these days. Is it time for the industry to be bold and imaginative about fighting back?
InternetNews April 13, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Twitter Still Under Siege by Worm Now in its fourth variant, a cross-site scripting attack continues spreading across the popular microblogging service.
HBS Working Knowledge October 20, 2003 Wendy Guild Swearingen	New Rules for Information Security In a new book from Harvard Business School Press, Digital Defense, Thomas J. Parenty explains how security technologies are changing the rules of business. Plus: Q&A
PC World September 11, 2002 Paul Roberts	September 11 Worm Spreading by E-Mail Worm contains bugs that keep it from spreading, lowering its threat level, experts say.