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Security from A to Z: Love Bug
November 27, 2006
The computer virus caused an estimated $8.5 billion in damage, making it the most expensive to date. Part of a series on hot security topics.
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Computer virus experts may learn from disease
January 29, 2004
A computer scientist tells the security industry to look to other fields of study for lessons on how to prevent computer epidemics.
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Firefox reaches 25 million downloads
February 18, 2005
Mozilla's browser continues to build a strong following, challenging the dominance of Microsoft's IE.
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MasterCard: Risk is in the cards
June 11, 2004
Security exec weighs in on paper shredders, picture IDs and plain old communication.
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Latest Bagle succeeds by sheer numbers
July 16, 2004
Online vandals aim to profit more from the mass-mailing computer virus by relaying information through a legion of German Web sites.
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Concern grows over browser security
April 12, 2004
Computer viruses and worms still top the list of corporate security threats, but browser-based attacks could be the next big issue.
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New virus disguised as PayPal e-mail
November 14, 2003
A computer virus that camouflages itself as a message from PayPal has started spreading among home users, antivirus companies say.
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Is your TV virus-proof?
February 11, 2005
As more cars and home appliances get networked, owners run a greater risk of contracting computer viruses.
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CA offers free antivirus software
November 19, 2003
Computer Associates is giving away security software to consumers to stop them from spreading computer viruses--but the deal could undermine the strength of its competitors.
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MyDoom downs SCO site
February 2, 2004
The computer virus knocks out SCO Group's Web site, and the company expects the massive denial-of-service attack to continue until Feb. 12.
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Virus warning: Cyborgs at risk
November 13, 2004
Humans will upgrade their nervous systems with technology, a professor predicts--and then they'll be open to computer viruses.
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He's got the virus-writing bug
January 14, 2005
Under the name "Benny," Marek Strihavka wrote computer viruses. Now he's under investigation in connection with the Slammer outbreak.
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Inherent insecurity
December 10, 2003
Droplets founder Philip Brittan says blaming Microsoft is a poor substitute for explaining what's really behind the cybersecurity mess.
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Author leaves warning in latest Sasser worm
May 10, 2004
Antivirus companies discovered a fifth version of the Sasser variant this weekend, within hours of German police arresting an 18-year-old man who confessed to being the Sasser worm's author.
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Gloomy forecast for MyDoom fallout
January 27, 2004
The virulent program ranks as the Net's fastest spreading virus, but security firms warn that the code left behind on PCs could cause more chaos than the initial infection.
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New virus infects PCs, whacks SCO
January 27, 2004
A mass-mailing virus that has quickly spread around the Internet uses victims' computers to launch a massive denial-of-service attack on the controversial SCO Group.
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Seeds of destruction
January 15, 2004
Agriculture epidemics, like the Irish Potato Famine, may hold clues that can help computer-security experts fight Internet viruses.
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