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• One year on and MyDoom keeps getting smarter

  MyDoom is arguably the most successful mass mailing worm in history. One year after it was discovered, MyDoom has spawned more than 30 variants and is still evolving.

• Better tools let hackers strike more quickly

  Increasingly, attackers are using better tools to find vulnerabilities quickly, exploit flaws and hide their attacks.

• Microsoft shrugs off MyDoom attack

  The start of a data flood by PCs infected with the MyDoom.B virus had little impact on Microsoft's main Web site on Tuesday in the US, according to Internet watchers.

• Nachi worm variant sends political message

  A new variant of the Nachi worm has emerged that is apparently sending a political message to computers running Japanese versions of Windows.

• NetSky variant a greater threat than thought

  Security company Symantec raised its severity rating of the latest incarnation of the NetSky worm.

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• Better tools let hackers strike more quickly

  Increasingly, attackers are using better tools to find vulnerabilities quickly, exploit flaws and hide their attacks.

• Nachi worm variant sends political message

  A new variant of the Nachi worm has emerged that is apparently sending a political message to computers running Japanese versions of Windows.

• NetSky variant a greater threat than thought

  Security company Symantec raised its severity rating of the latest incarnation of the NetSky worm.

• The case of the mistaken worm

  When security experts first detected a worm that uses Yahoo's People Search engine to harvest e-mail addresses, they assumed it was a new variant of MyDoom.

• Four new Bagles emerge

  The Bagle computer virus has almost finished off the alphabet. Virus writers' penchant for modifying the source code for the program has resulted in four new variants--Bagle.Q, Bagle.R, Bagle.S and Bagle.T--in the past two days, antivirus firms said on Thursday.

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• MyDoom is YourDoom

  Viruses like MyDoom spread more quickly than warm butter on toast. Why?

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