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Conficker.E to self-destruct on May 5th?

An SRI International researcher says the complexity of Conficker suggests it is a gang-led malware campaign. A SecureWorks malware expert explains why Conficker.E might not work well

Virus writers getting personal – and petty

Not that anybody has ever accused virus writers of being the epitome of maturity, but the war, if it can be called that, between the creators of NetSky and Bagle has gotten personal

Mydoom knocks SCO offline

Living up to its namesake, the Mydoom e-mail borne worm succeeded in bringing sco.com to a grinding halt on Sunday as thousands of infected computers launched a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on the Lindon Utah-based The SCO Group Inc.'s primary Web site.

UPDATE: SCO downed by Mydoom

Computers infected with the Mydoom worm launched a massive attack against the Web site of Unix software maker The SCO Group Inc. Sunday, cutting off access to the company's Web site.

New job brings back old problems

At 10 a.m., the boss called the entire IT security team into a meeting room, but without the line manager. He said that the line manager had been sacked.

Slammer was fastest spreading worm yet

A just-completed study into the Slammer worm that hit the Internet a week ago has concluded what many people already suspected: Slammer represented a significant milestone in the evolution of worms and was by far the fastest spreading worm yet seen.

Study: Slammer was fastest spreading worm yet

A just-completed study into the Slammer worm that hit the Internet a week ago has concluded what many people already suspected: Slammer represented a significant milestone in the evolution of worms and was by far the fastest spreading worm yet seen.

New worm, Winevar, packs a serious punch

A new e-mail worm is circulating that has the potential to severely damage machines that it infects, potentially deleting all the files on a computer's hard drive while mocking the machine's owner, according to advisories released by a number of antivirus software makers.

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