News (8)

  • Race against Sobig reportedly successful

    The second stage of an attack by the Sobig.F computer virus fizzled Friday when security researchers and network operators managed to secure the 20 servers from which the virus was scheduled to download new instructions.

  • Sobig virus sows few PC problems

    A new computer virus has started spreading worldwide, but antivirus experts predict that the program won't become an epidemic.

  • Sobig spawns a recipe for secret spam

    A new variant of the Sobig virus started spreading on Wednesday, raising the specter that spammers will have a host of new PCs to use as platforms for sending bulk e-mail.

  • Microsoft to offer bounty on MSBlast, SoBig culprits

    Microsoft will announce on Wednesday in the U.S. that it will offer two US$250,000 bounties for information leading to the arrest of the people who released the MSBlast worm and the SoBig virus, sources have told CNET News.com.

  • Latest Sobig variant getting bigger

    The latest variant of the Sobig virus continued to spread Thursday, underscoring how mass-mailing computer viruses can still be a nuisance.

Features and Case Studies (4)

  • Symantec coughs up latest virus remedy

    The software maker takes the wraps off its upcoming Norton Antivirus 2004, pitching the updated security software as an antidote to complex viruses such as the MSBlast worm.

  • Networks must counter triple threat

    Three security threats have taken turns wreaking havoc in the past few weeks. How should MSBlast,Welchia and Sobig be handled?

  • Bagle.a prevention and cure

    Bagle (Bagle.a@mm) looks like yet another worm designed by spammers, much like Sobig and MiMail. Here's how to toast it.

  • Who is responsible for security?

    A flurry of worm and viral activity on the Internet raises a question more important than who to blame: What do we do about it?

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