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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.
PC World November 2004 Dan Verton	Biography of a Worm Can anything stop the next global virus outbreak? We follow the trail of one recent worm to see how the security system works--and whether it can be fixed.
InternetNews May 10, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Teen Busted For Sasser Worm as New One Hits A new mutant emerges even as Microsoft announces the arrest of a German high school student in connection with the creation of the Sasser worm.
PC Magazine March 31, 2004 Sebastian Rupley	Virus Spitfires Virus writers exchange insults.
PC Magazine October 7, 2003 Mark Hachman	Long Arm of The Law The havoc created by widespread viruses in August resulted in serious legal hardball. U.S. law enforcement agents say the arrest of the alleged author of the Blaster worm sends a message to virus writers that the federal government will prosecute similar crimes.
PC World December 2000 Kim Zetter	Computer Viruses: The Next Generation What will be the next virulent outbreak? No one knows, except that it's guaranteed to be more lethal than ever...
Bank Technology News August 2003 Karen Krebsbach	BugBear.B Virus Hits Up to 14 Banks Firms scramble to keep breaches plugged
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.
InternetNews July 8, 2005 Jim Wagner	No Jail Time For Sasser, Netsky Author The German teen behind the two e-mail worms gets probation.
PC World November 15, 2000 Kim Zetter	What Makes Johnny (and Jane) Write Viruses? Forget the stereotypes--virus writers range in age and outlook, but many share an undeveloped sense of ethics, researcher finds...
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.
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.
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.
CFO January 30, 2004 Esther Shein	Spy vs. Spy Companies are spending billions on network security, but staying ahead of hackers may be a pipe dream.
InternetNews August 26, 2005 Tim Gray	Authorities Nab Zotob Writers Joint cooperation nails virus writers overseas.
InternetNews March 18, 2004 Colin C. Haley	ISP Gets Tough With 'Zombie' Customers Comcast pushes its broadband customers with virus-infested spam zombies to clean up their act -- or else.
InternetNews February 2, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	A Sobering Report on Viruses According to an analysis by Postini of 150 billion e-mail messages sent in 2005, e-mail-borne viruses represented 2.5 percent of all inbound e-mail messages.
InternetNews June 4, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Look Out For 3-Headed Plexus Worm A patch Microsoft issued in April could fend off the malicious mutant.
PC World July 2, 2002 Andrew Brandt	Klez: The Virus That Won't Die? Brace yourself for another round: A variant of the resilient worm is wriggling alive this week.
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.
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.
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.
PC World October 13, 2000 Kim Zetter	How It Works: Viruses They're the "common cold" for computers; we'll show you how they operate and how to protect your PC...
BusinessWeek May 30, 2005 Brian Grow	Hacker Hunters There's a new breed of crime-fighter prowling cyberspace: the hacker hunters.
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.
New Architect May 2002 Sarah Gordon	Distributing Viruses Should virus writers be allowed to post harmful code on the Web?
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?
PC World August 23, 2002 Frank Thorsberg	The World's Worst Viruses Check out our list of nasty computer viruses -- and find out how to save your PC from infection.
InternetNews May 5, 2004 Sharon Gaudin	Record Broken: 82% of U.S. Email is Spam Outdoing most analysts' worst predictions, spam accounted for 82 percent of all U.S. email last month.
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 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.
InternetNews August 18, 2005 Tim Gray	Warily Watching Worm Variants Versions of the Zotob worm continue to slam corporate networks while security vendors and Microsoft play defense.
The Motley Fool December 28, 2005 Alyce Lomax	Beware the MSN Messenger Bug Attacks on IM programs are on the rise, and although MSN Messenger is not the top instant-messaging software, one research group found that MSN Messenger has been used quite frequently for such IM viruses, as the newest threat shows.
BusinessWeek March 22, 2004 Stephen H. Wildstrom	Toughing Out The Junk-Mail Virus An insidious strain swipes e-addresses from your PC -- to spam your friends
PC World November 13, 2000 Kim Zetter	When Love Came to Town: A Virus Investigation Here's a chronology of the investigation of the Love Bug virus, the most prolific virus of 2000...
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 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.
InternetNews February 3, 2004 Sharon Gaudin	MyDoom Leads Damaging January Attacks Racking up approximately $38.5 million in economic damages around the world, the virulent MyDoom worm easily took the top spot in January's list of worst viruses.
InternetNews February 4, 2005 Jim Wagner	Spamhaus Accuses MCI of Hosting Spam Gangs Spamhaus Project blasts ISP over hosting policy. MCI counters that it's not in the business of censoring Internet content.
InternetNews May 26, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Korgo Worm Targets LSASS Flaw The detection of a new network worm is a clear indication that users have still not applied Microsoft's MS04-011 update.
Unix Insider January 2001 Sandra Henry-Stocker	Understanding viruses What exactly is a virus, how does it work, and how can you protect your system from one? The author explains the difference between viruses and worms, and why keeping up with and preventing them is so difficult...
InternetNews January 29, 2004 Zachary Rodgers	'MyDoom' Variant Blocking Ad Servers Virus could result in under-delivery of online campaigns.
InternetNews February 6, 2004	Feedback: Virus Writing: Not Fun, Not Funny Readers weigh in on Chris Nerney's column about the MyDoom virus and offer their own solutions too.
The Motley Fool December 14, 2004 Rich Smith	Electronic Warfare Politically motivated Internet virus writers are a growing group, and it looks likely that Internet viruses will increasingly become a tool of war.
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.
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 January 12, 2005 Tim Gray	Lasco.A Poses New Mobile Threat Finnish antivirus firm F-Secure said it has detected a quick spreading and versatile new worm capable of infecting both Windows and cell phones using the Symbian operating system.