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Zafi worm proves a holiday pest
December 16, 2004
The worm, which travels as an e-Christmas card, is clogging e-mail bandwidth and cropping up in the majority of virus reports.
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Sober storms charts as month's biggest attack
December 1, 2005
At its peak, the latest variant of the worm accounted for one out of every 13 e-mails sent, expert says.
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Bagle attack comes in two waves
September 21, 2005
New variants of the veteran pest have been sent out in two waves of spam, an antivirus firm says.
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Sober worm hits new heights
May 9, 2005
The variant now accounts for more than 5 percent of all e-mail, surprising experts with its continued growth.
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Updated MyDoom targets Google--again
February 17, 2005
Worm searches for e-mail addresses in the infected PC's domain--targeting all users from a specific company or ISP.
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Bawdy holiday worm preys on prurience
January 11, 2005
Sophos identifies a new attack that lures victims with a photo of naked people.
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Damage limited from lonely hearts virus
April 18, 2001
Antivirus software companies say a new virus that disguises itself as a program for finding romance partners is spreading quickly between companies in Europe.
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Sober worm makes a comeback
May 6, 2005
Mass-mailing pest is spreading again, harvesting e-mail addresses for spammers, security companies have warned.
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Wikipedia used to spread malicious code
November 6, 2006
Entry in German version of online encyclopedia hijacked to direct users to malicious code, says antivirus vendor.
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The future of malware: Trojan horses
October 13, 2006
Targeted attacks used for industrial espionage have become the nightmare scenario for big companies, researchers say.
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'Storm worm' Trojan horse surges on
January 23, 2007
Many home PC users may have been infected after a large-scale sustained Trojan horse attack that took place over the weekend.
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Saddam Hussein 'death' photos used as worm bait
February 3, 2005
Mass-mailing worm claims to offer photos that show Saddam Hussein killed after trying to escape from custody.
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Watchdog-attacking Bagle ramps up
March 1, 2005
A new Bagle Trojan horse that hurts security applications is spreading rapidly.
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Paris Hilton worm spreads
February 23, 2005
An offshoot of the Sober worm that promises explicit pictures of the hotel heiress is on the loose, experts have warned.
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Symantec to launch e-mail security appliance
January 24, 2005
Security appliance maker IronPort, meanwhile, announces new partnerships, including an expanded deal with Symantec.
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This week in security
February 4, 2005
There's no business quite like the worm business, apparently.
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