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Teen gets 18 months in prison for worm

January 28, 2005 Jeffrey Lee Parson, 19, must also participate in 10 months of community service for unleashing a variant of the MSBlast worm. TAGS: Jeffrey Lee Parson, MSBlast worm, prison, Minnesota, variant, worm, Microsoft Corp.

Security from A to Z: Virus variants

November 28, 2006 What's the difference between "Leap.A" and "Leap.B"? A look at naming of variants. Part of a series on hot security topics. TAGS: variant, malicious software, security company, virus, security

Bagle commandeers PCs for zombie army

June 28, 2005 New offshoot uses a Trojan horse to try to compromise PCs for use in cyberattack networks. TAGS: Bagle virus, cyberattack, variant, F-Secure Corp., antivirus software, trojan horse, Symantec Corp., PC, virus

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

Mobile Trojan launches Skulls attack

January 6, 2005 A flashier offshoot of the Trojan horse that affects Symbian-based cell phones has been discovered. Photo: Flashing skulls TAGS: F-Secure Corp., variant, Symbian Inc., trojan horse, cell phone, handset

Bagle variants punch, punch and punch again

June 2, 2005 Latest variants of the worm adopt new tactics to bob and weave their way past PC defenses. TAGS: Bagle virus, Computer Associates International Inc., variant, antivirus software, victim, virus, trojan horse, PC, antivirus

Cabir cell phone threat worsens

December 28, 2004 With new, more powerful variants popping up, a security firm warns that cell phone worm's source code may be on the loose. TAGS: Cabir virus, F-Secure Corp., Symbian Inc., variant, source code, cell phone, Bluetooth, security, operating system

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, e-mail, virus

Flawed code throttled spread of Zotob variants

August 19, 2005 Some versions contained coding errors that sent PCs into a reboot loop, instead of working to spread the infection, experts say. TAGS: Zotob worm, variant, infection, worm, open source, McAfee Inc., security, Microsoft Corp.

Skulls Trojan puts on antivirus mask

June 10, 2005 New variant of the cell phone pest attempts to fool victims by disguising itself as pirated security software. TAGS: F-Secure Corp., variant, Symbian Inc., cell phone, Nokia Corp., antivirus, handset, trojan horse, security

Sober.P overflow has Web tipsy

May 3, 2005 The latest variant of the worm is out of the bottle and carousing on the Net. Also: Spyware's where the money at. TAGS: variant, worm, spyware, virus, security

MSN Messenger hit by double-whammy worm

February 3, 2005 New Bropia offshoot, which uses MSN Messenger to spread, is packaged with a second, more damaging worm. TAGS: MSN Messenger, worm, MSN, Trend Micro Inc., variant, potential, IM, Microsoft Corp.

Worms and viruses slip past defenses

June 2, 2005 roundup Bagle variants whip up a blended threat for a bad new concoction. A cell phone interloper, meanwhile, poses as a friend. TAGS: Bagle virus, variant, defense, worm, cell phone, threat, virus, security

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. TAGS: MyDoom virus, Sophos Plc., antivirus company, Lycos Inc., AltaVista Co., variant, query, worm, search engine, e-mail address, Google Inc., antivirus, e-mail, Yahoo! Inc., hard drive

Storm worm variant targets blogs, bulletin boards

February 27, 2007 Blogs, bulletin board notices posted by victims of Trojan horse contain links to malicious Web sites. TAGS: bulletin board, blog, variant, trojan horse, link, e-mail

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, attachment, worm, antivirus company, F-Secure Corp., video clip, agency, antivirus, e-mail, message, security, virus, video

Microsoft offers Zotob removal tool

August 18, 2005 Software also kills several variants and other bugs that exploit the same vulnerability, a flaw in Windows' plug-and-play feature. TAGS: Zotob worm, Debby Fry Wilson, worm, variant, Microsoft Windows 2000, FTP, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Windows, PC, Microsoft Windows XP

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

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. TAGS: Bagle virus, Sophos Plc., antivirus company, wave, variant, antivirus, trojan horse, attack, security, e-mail

Google worm targets AOL, Yahoo

December 28, 2004 Santy worm, which used Google to bring down bulletin board pages, now uses AOL and Yahoo search. TAGS: Yahoo Search, worm, Google Inc., America Online Inc., variant, Yahoo! Inc., Time Warner Inc., search technology, search engine, security
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