News (33)

  • Judge sends Melissa creator to prison

    The creator of the Melissa computer virus, which hobbled computer systems years ago, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison and ordered to pay US$5,000 in fines.

  • Slap on the wrist

    Jeffrey Lee Parson pleaded guilty last week to unleashing part of the MSBlast worm attack that wreaked havoc on the Internet a year ago. He got off easy.

  • Blaster writer faces jail

    The teenager from Minnesota who admitted writing the Blaster (or MSBlast) virus will be sentenced this week. He is likely to face jail time and could be forced to pay Microsoft US$600,000.

  • Alleged Belgian virus writer arrested

    A female Belgian virus writer who has allegedly been waging a public and protracted war against an antivirus expert has been arrested and charged by the authorities.

  • MSBlast suspect pleads guilty

    A 19-year-old Minneapolis man pleaded guilty Wednesday to unleashing part of the MSBlast worm attack that wreaked havoc on the Internet last summer.

More News >

Features and Case Studies (7)

  • Framed for child porn - by a PC virus

    Of all the sinister things that internet viruses do, this might be the worst: they can make people an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.

  • Alleged Belgian virus writer arrested

    A female Belgian virus writer who has allegedly been waging a public and protracted war against an antivirus expert has been arrested and charged by the authorities.

  • Is hard time for worm author too harsh?

    Teenager sentenced to 18 months for writing a MSBlast worm got his just deserts, according to a Web poll. What's your take?

  • Virus writers: Lock them up and throw away the key'?

    The arrest of Jeffrey Lee Parson, the 18-year-old thought to be responsible for the spread of the Blaster worm, has once again sparked off the debate into how virus writers should be punished.

  • Who are these virus writers?

    commentary Who takes the time and effort to pull off malicious stunts, like viruses, malware, worms, Trojans, or any other deliberately damaging actions? And why?

More Features and Case Studies >

Reviews (1)

  • How to stop your PC from spying on you

    Viruses may be on the decline this year, but other threats--like Trojan horses and spyware--are on the rise. We tell you how these pests work--and how to protect your system from harm.

Create an e-mail alert for "prisoners"
ZDNet Australia Alerts is an e-mail alert service which provides personalised news, features and reviews to readers’ inbox on an hourly, daily and weekly basis.
Alert:
prisoners


Frequency: *

Filter Tags

  1. Popularity: 1 'wardriving'
  2. Popularity: 2 adware
  3. Popularity: 1 alder
  4. Popularity: 3 blaster
  5. Popularity: 1 can-spam
  6. Popularity: 1 civil liberty
  7. Popularity: 2 code red
  8. Popularity: 1 cyberterrorism
  9. Popularity: 2 declan
  10. Popularity: 1 email
  11. Popularity: 4 european union
  12. Popularity: 1 famus
  13. Popularity: 1 famus.b
  14. Popularity: 1 federal
  15. Popularity: 2 filtering
  16. Popularity: 3 hack
  17. Popularity: 3 hacker
  18. Popularity: 1 hackers
  19. Popularity: 1 hacking
  20. Popularity: 1 hot
  21. Popularity: 3 internet
  22. Popularity: 1 iraq
  23. Popularity: 3 jeffrey lee parson
  24. Popularity: 2 malware
  25. Popularity: 2 mccullagh
  26. Popularity: 2 mitnick
  27. Popularity: 4 msblast
  28. Popularity: 1 network
  29. Popularity: 1 panda
  30. Popularity: 2 parson
  31. Popularity: 2 pc
  32. Popularity: 1 pictures
  33. Popularity: 2 police
  34. Popularity: 1 pornography
  35. Popularity: 1 protect
  36. Popularity: 1 richard
  37. Popularity: 1 russia
  38. Popularity: 7 security
  39. Popularity: 1 shim
  40. Popularity: 1 sophos
  41. Popularity: 1 spam
  42. Popularity: 1 spot
  43. Popularity: 2 spyware
  44. Popularity: 1 trade
  45. Popularity: 5 trojan
  46. Popularity: 1 us attack
  47. Popularity: 1 war
  48. Popularity: 1 wi-fi
  49. Popularity: 2 windows
  50. Popularity: 10 worm

Latest Videos

Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

  • David Braue Can not-so-smart meters help the NBN?
    It was interesting to witness Conroy's recent enthusiasm to spruik the NBN's role in supporting the Smart Grid, Smart City initiative. What a pity that Conroy hadn't yet seen the damning report from the Victorian auditor-general about that state's smart-meter roll-out.
  • Array Can the Telco Reform Act be win-win?
    In the second of our two programs looking at the Senate Inquiry into the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill, we hear from shareholders, bureaucrats and industry groups.
  • Array Has New Zealand's smiling assassin delivered?
    One year into its tenure, how has the new New Zealand Government performed on issues of technology and telecommunications?
  • More blogs »

Back to top

Featured