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  • All quiet on the Sober front

    The Sober attack predicted for last Friday has not happened, possibly because of the publicity surrounding the potential outbreak.

  • ISPs asked to help clean up Sober worm

    Internet service providers were urged on Monday to check their user traffic patterns to locate and shut down machines infected with the mass-mailing Sober worm.

  • Sober code cracked

    Anti-virus firms have cracked an algorithm that was being used by the Sober worm to 'communicate' with its author.

  • Sober worm goes into hibernation

    The Sober.P worm stopped spreading across the Internet on Tuesday after virus writers remotely silenced thousands of infected computers overnight, experts said on Friday.

  • Experts: Sober time bomb under control

    The Sober attack expected later this week is unlikely to have much effect on company systems, antivirus experts predicted.

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    Citibank helps phishers improve their bait?

    It took help from three security experts, Citibank's spokesperson, dozens of e-mails and almost a full working day of investigation to confirm that an e-mail I had seen from Citibank was not actually a clever phishing attempt.

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