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InternetNews
May 17, 2005
Tim Gray |
The Sober Virus Returns A wave of far-right German, political-party propaganda choked millions of e-mail inboxes around the world over the weekend, delivering racist messages along with a dirty payload.   |
InternetNews
October 6, 2005
Tim Gray |
Sober's Rating is Raised McAfee today announced that its Anti-virus and Vulnerability Emergency Response Team raised its risk assessment to "Medium" on the recently discovered W32/Sober.r, also known as Sober.r. |
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. |
InternetNews
April 27, 2006
David Miller |
Bouncebacks: The Hidden Cost of Spam A nasty side effect of spam and e-mailed viruses is costing companies an estimated $5 billion per year in IT resources, according to security services company IronPort. |
PC Magazine
January 18, 2006
Neil J. Rubenking |
Who Has a Virus? If your e-mail account has received numerous "mail rejected" notifications for messages that you never sent, this generally doesn't indicate that you've got a virus. However, there's no way to block the flood of rejection messages. |
InternetNews
February 23, 2005
Jim Wagner |
FBI: We're Not Infecting You The culprit, according to e-mail security sites Symantec and F-Secure, could be a new strain of the Sober.K worm, which spoofs the domain addresses of a number of e-mail servers. |
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
March 14, 2002
Todd R. Weiss |
E-Mail Worm Goes Multilingual Vendors update protection to nail English/Japanese W32/Fbound.c, which travels via Outlook... |
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
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. |
BusinessWeek
April 1, 2010
Mike Cohen |
The World Cup: No Winner in South Africa The soccer fest was supposed to help boost the economy, but fans are balking at the travel costs. |
InternetNews
June 4, 2010 |
Hackers Zero In On Execs With World Cup Scam A flurry of malware scams are using e-mails related to the upcoming World Cup to target executives at companies and organizations around the world. |
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
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. |
The Motley Fool
May 16, 2005
Seth Jayson |
What's German for "Spam?" A lot of unsolicited German political rhetoric highlights Microsoft's continued security problems with a new "Q" variant of the two-year old computer virus. |
Search Engine Watch
June 5, 2010
Johnny Widerlund |
Avoiding Online Risks Kicking Off with the 2010 FIFA World Cup Cyber criminals will continue hijacking current news and events to serve malware. A rundown of the most prevalent online security risks, and how to avoid them. |
PC World
July 2004
Andrew Brandt |
Privacy Watch: Why Your Friends Believe You're Selling Viagra Spammers who forge your address on their junk messages can clog your inbox and harm your reputation. |
PC World
August 2, 2001
Frank Thorsberg |
Double Trouble: Code Red and Sircam Plagues Continue Computer users face high-profile threats from multiple sources... |
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 6, 2004
Robyn Greenspan |
The Deadly Duo: Spam and Viruses, December 2003 High growth rates and record-breakers are usually celebrated, but not when it comes to spam and viruses. The spam volume rose from 42 percent of e-mail to 58 percent during 2003, and the year fell just short of being the worst on record for malware variants. |
PC World
November 26, 2001
Sam Costello |
Antivirus Vendors Warn of Badtrans Worm Patch available for Outlook flaw that allows worm to propagate... |
PC World
October 1, 2002
Paul Roberts |
New E-Mail Virus Targets Windows, IE Virus is attached to e-mail messages with a wide variety of subject lines, making it harder for antivirus apps to detect. |
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. |
Fast Company
June 2010
Austin Carr |
The 2010 FIFA World Cup by the Numbers The World Cup, which takes place June 11 to July 11, may be the be-all-end-all for soccer fans. Compared with other popular sports, it wins in financial terms as well. |
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. |
Sports Central
March 7, 2007
Will Tidey |
World Cup 2018: U.S.-Bound? U.S. soccer fans seem destined to have the world's greatest sporting event on their doorstep sooner rather than later. |
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. |
PC World
January 28, 2002
Ellen Messmer |
'My Party' E-Mail Virus Hides as URL Antivirus vendors urge update to protect against sneaky virus, which could open PCs to intruders... |
PC World
February 13, 2002
Michael Gowan |
Beware of Vicious Valentine Viruses Virus-writers love to target the holidays, so here's what to watch for in electronic greetings... |
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. |
PC World
March 22, 2002
Sam Costello |
File-Deleting Bill Clinton Virus Reported Also called MyLife, virus promises humor but may deliver trouble to the unsuspecting... |
InternetNews
September 13, 2010 |
Enterprises Recover From 'Here You Have' Virus One of the most potent email-based viruses in years had enterprise IT managers scrambling over the weekend to get their email servers back in top form. |
InternetNews
May 14, 2004
Robyn Greenspan |
The Deadly Duo: Spam and Viruses, April 2004 The spam volume is rising, e-mail trust is eroding, and viruses are rampant, but Internet users are sending more legitimate messages and CAN-SPAM is making a positive impact. |
InternetNews
December 20, 2004
Tim Gray |
Microsoft Alters Hotmail Security Trend Security software firm Trend Micro today announced it had completed a deal with Microsoft to provide virus scanning, protection and cleaning for its Hotmail Web-based e-mail service. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2006
John Blau |
Securing the World Cup At the FIFA world championships in Germany, those responsible for ensuring the public's safety will have a few high-tech tricks up their sleeves. |
InternetNews
November 3, 2006
Andy Patrizio |
Scammers Use Wikipedia To Distribute Virus The downside to a site anyone can edit is someone can put up a link to a virus, too. |
PC World
February 24, 2003
Tom Krazit |
Lovgate.C Worm Crawls Across Web Leading antivirus vendors post inoculations for newest pest. |
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
November 1, 2006 |
Trick to Protect Address Book is a Bust Urban legend that creating invalid e-mail addresses will thwart virus efforts. |
PC World
April 9, 2002
Tom Mainelli |
Tricky Worm Can Spread via AIM, IRC Low-risk mass-mailed W32.aphex promises porn but delivers inconvenience for buddies... |
PC World
June 13, 2002
Sam Costello |
First JPEG Virus Identified McAfee studies lab virus that could change the way digital infections spread -- and are contained. |
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. |
Sports Central
May 12, 2006
Ray Leroy |
Soccer: The Beautiful Game June 9th will kick off the most watched sporting event in the world, as 32 teams from across the globe vie for professional soccer's 2006 World Cup. |
PC Magazine
February 1, 2008
Neil J. Rubenking |
I'm Telling You for the Last Time . . . Not Really I've said it before and I'll keep saying it until everybody gets with the program: Don't click links in e-mail messages! |
InternetNews
June 1, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Gpic Worm Hits AIM The Gpic.aol worm is the latest threat to AOL's instant messaging platform, AIM, by targeting users' penchants to blindly click on links supplied by friends. |
PC World
September 2002
Andrew Brandt |
Klez: The Virus That Won't Die Already the most prolific virus ever, Klez continues to wreak havoc. |
InternetNews
February 4, 2004
Robyn Greenspan |
The Deadly Duo: Spam and Viruses, January 2004 E-mail inboxes groaned under the 60 percent spam volume, along with the most financially destructive worm the Internet has known. |
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. |
Bank Technology News
August 2003
Karen Krebsbach |
BugBear.B Virus Hits Up to 14 Banks Firms scramble to keep breaches plugged |
PC Magazine
March 14, 2007
Larry Seltzer |
A Storm Blows Through the Web The Storm Worm virus is old news. Where is it now? |
