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Organised crime behind Sobig - virus expert

...media have become so obsessed with the unprecedented numbers surrounding the prolific Sobig.F variant that the real dangers are going almost unnoticed. Simpson warned... Read more

22 August, 2003 by Will Sturgeon

Sobig.F is 'worst variant yet

...virus. Email service provider MessageLabs has already detected 60,000 copies of Sobig.F, first spotted earlier on Tuesday. This variant could be one of... Read more

19 August, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

Sobig.F lingers as cure backfires

Sobig.F is still rampaging around the Internet, two months after the virus... Read more

28 November, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

Sobig.F prevention and cure

Sobig.F (w32.sobig.f@mm) spreads via email and shared network files... Read more

20 August, 2003 by Robert Lemosi

Sobig rears its head again

...it appears to be spreading very vigorously. The new worm, codenamed W32/Sobig.F-mm, appeared on Monday, according to the firm. All copies came... Read more

19 August, 2003 by Staff

Sobig blamed for fourfold rise in spam

...of-year report published by email-outsourcing firm MessageLabs on Monday, the Sobig.F virus is to blame for a large proportion of the increase... Read more

9 December, 2003 by Munir Kotadia

Worm claims Sussex Police computers

...email virus. Although occurrences of Nachi and MSBlast have started dying down, Sobig.f is still causing problems. Email security firm MessageLabs last week found... Read more

27 August, 2003 by Munir Kotadia

Virus Round-up: Treble trouble

...date, judging by the volume of email blocked by Internet service providers Sobig.F is 'worst variant yet' The early evidence is that the Sobig... Read more

22 August, 2003 by ZDNet UK

Networks must counter triple threat

...includes a link to a removal tool and detailed manual removal instructions. Sobig.F The latest version of Sobig can infect a system only if... Read more

21 August, 2003 by John McCormick

Secure gateway email servers key to virus blocking

...security is key to stopping the spread of virus outbreaks such as Sobig.F, according to analyst group Gartner. Sobig.F used spoofed email addresses... Read more

27 August, 2003 by Andy McCue
1999-2009: The tech decade in perspective

1999-2009: The tech decade in perspective

...company intercepted, compared with a peak rate of one in 17 for SoBig.F. The second big attack of 2004 started on 30 April, with... Read more

30 December, 2009 by Toby Wolpe

Christmas number one virus plays on

...Z: 3.8 percentW32/Sober-K: 3.4 percent (New entry)W32/Sobig-F: 2.5 percent (New entry)W32/Netsky-B: 2.4 percentW32... Read more

2 March, 2005 by Dan Ilet

New Bagle released but Netsky tops the malware charts

...has been a lack of extremely dangerous worms -- such as MyDoom and Sobig.f -- to knock it off the top spot. "The last major outbreak... Read more

16 July, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

AOL: One billion viruses blocked

...who this month released Sasser and Wallon. During the peak of the Sobig.F outbreak in August 2003, AOL hit its own peak -- for viruses... Read more

17 May, 2004 by ZDNet UK

Microsoft says virus writer bounties are working

...information that could lead to the capture of the writers of MSBlast, Sobig-F and MyDoom.B. "Yes, we've had leads, and there are... Read more

24 February, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

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