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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.

  • Net worm using Google to spread

    A Web worm that identifies potential victims by searching Google is spreading among online bulletin boards using a vulnerable version of the program phpBB, security professionals said on Tuesday.

  • 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.

  • MyDoom flops with corporates, government: AusCERT

    The MyDoom Internet worm had a negligible affect on Australian corporate and government networks, according to Queensland computer security information body AusCERT.

  • FBI arrests MSBlast worm suspect

    Federal law enforcement officials confirmed that they have arrested a suspect in the MSBlast worm attack that compromised hundreds of thousands of computers earlier this month.

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  • Putting the brains into your network

    Networks don't just ferry packets around your office anymore. ZDNet Australia looks at some of the latest developments that allow your network to manage itself more intelligently.

  • Turning script kiddies into real programmers

    How can you interest young people in the noble professions of programming and computer security while discouraging the glamorous world of illegal hacking? It's not easy.

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