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Sober worm makes a comeback

April 19, 2005 Mass-mailing pest is spreading again, harvesting e-mail addresses for spammers, security companies have warned. TAGS: Sober worm, antivirus company, Sophos Plc., worm, virus, e-mail address, e-mail, security

Sober worm variant makes the rounds

May 2, 2005 Sober.P harvests e-mail addresses from a victim and then sends a barrage of spam to those recipients. TAGS: Sober worm, variant, e-mail address, McAfee Inc., virus, security, e-mail

Sober worm spreads like wildfire

May 3, 2005 Latest variant of the long-lived pest is propagating so rapidly it now makes up two-thirds of all virus traffic, security experts say. TAGS: Sober worm, Sophos Plc., Kaspersky Lab, World Cup, virus, security company, security, e-mail, message

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. TAGS: Sober worm, Sophos Plc., Graham Cluley, worm, e-mail, virus, antivirus

Sober worm makes a comeback

May 6, 2005 Mass-mailing pest is spreading again, harvesting e-mail addresses for spammers, security companies have warned. TAGS: Sober worm, Graham Cluley, Sophos Plc., security company, worm, e-mail address, virus, e-mail, antivirus, security

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. TAGS: Sober worm, Sophos Plc., Paris, variant, attack, e-mail, message, antivirus, virus

Sober worm offshoot trades on Paris Hilton, FBI

November 22, 2005 Worm variant flares up in the wild, playing on lure of heiress and fear of Fed snooping, but is coming under control. TAGS: Sober worm, Paris, variant, worm, attachment, antivirus company, F-Secure Corp., video clip, agency, e-mail, antivirus, message, virus, video, security

New Sober virus circulating

November 16, 2005 Security analysts find large number of infected e-mails. TAGS: Kaspersky Lab, Sober worm, variant, attachment, security, antivirus, virus, e-mail

Sober worm offshoot lurks behind class photo

October 6, 2005 A new variant of the e-mail worm is masquerading as an old class photo sent by a schoolmate. TAGS: Sober worm, Sophos Plc., e-mail worm, variant, Symantec Corp., virus, e-mail

Latest Sober threatens e-mail gateways

November 23, 2005 Worm is generating a flood of e-mail traffic, which could hit corporate systems like a mini denial-of-service attack. TAGS: e-mail gateway, Sober worm, Sophos Plc., denial of service, McAfee Inc., alert, security company, traffic, threat, virus, e-mail, security

This week in security

May 6, 2005 The latest Sober worm spread rapidly earlier this week, making up about two-thirds of virus traffic on the Internet. TAGS: Sober worm, Websense Inc., phishing, keylogger, virus, security, e-mail

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. TAGS: Paris, Sober worm, Sophos Plc., worm, antivirus, virus, e-mail

Week in review: Doing the security dance

December 2, 2005 Patches and exploits to software flaws led to a week of hackers and security managers playing a game of cat and mouse. TAGS: Sober worm, flaw, Sun Solaris, Week in review, security, vulnerability, attack, open source, Firefox, e-mail, virus, operating system, Web browser, antivirus, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
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