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'Concept virus' little threat to smartphones
News A recently created "concept virus" designed to show that a worm could spread between smart phones won't get very far in the real world, antivirus companies said on Tuesday. So far, it is what we call a 'zoo virus' -- it is only in the hands of...
[June 16, 2004, 9:25]
iPod proof of concept virus
Blog It's a proof of concept program and "does not pose a real threat," according to Kaspersky. Security software vendor Kaspersky Labs claims to have discovered the first virus designed to infect iPods. The virus is a file which can be launched and run...
[April 10, 2007, 16:50]
'Proof of concept' emerges for 64-bit virus
News Representatives at the company were quick to point out that the threat was merely a so-called proof-of-concept virus -- a worm developed by someone to show that vulnerabilities are present in a particular type of system -- and not a virus already...
[May 28, 2004, 8:55]
iPod proof of concept virus
Blog Comment Yes -- a virus by definition needs to be self-replicating. Hi John, Valid points, well made. I thought when I wrote the post that it was evident I was being tongue-in-cheek -- rereading it perhaps it's not so obvious.
[April 12, 2007, 14:19]
iPod proof of concept virus
Blog Comment This is not really a virus. Also I would like to point out that this is like saying "OMFG A Virus on a MAC! if you install BootCamp and run the Mac in Windows without any virus protection. Tom, As you have to install and execute it yourself.
[April 11, 2007, 14:25]
'Proof of concept' emerges for 64-bit virus
Talkback When wil someone come up with a tool to provide security updates/ patches to those unmanaged pc's of the world i.e.franchise companies and or remote users? Thanks,
[June 4, 2004, 18:52]
'Concept virus' little threat to smartphones
Talkback can any one please post the structure or know the structure of the cabir virus and other cellphone virus please send it to this email add- red_mike_eyes04@yahoo.com.i just need it to my thesis.
[February 9, 2006, 23:39]
First virus hits 64-bit Windows
News The virus, dubbed W64.Shruggle by Symantec, seems mainly to be an experiment to test the concept of a 64-bit infecter and is not actively spread, said Alfred Huger, senior director of security at Symantec.
[August 24, 2004, 7:55]
Experts: Don't panic over RFID viruses - yet
News The academics also went on to create a proof-of-concept virus, which uses the track and trace tags to compromise middleware systems using a SQL injection attack. While the idea of RFID viruses has surely crossed people's minds, the desire to see...
[March 16, 2006, 15:20]
PHP virus sparks debate
News Central Command last week found a "proof of concept" virus dubbed PHP.NewWorld, written in the Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) scripting language -- a popular free server-side scripting language typically used by Web developers to automate the...
[January 8, 2001, 10:10]
Gnutella worm finds new way to squirm into PCs
News A so-called proof-of-concept worm started spreading over the weekend among the PCs of people using the peer-to-peer file-swapping protocol known as Gnutella. As a proof-of-concept worm, it could open up peer-to-peer networks as another vector for...
[February 27, 2001, 10:22]
Windows Vista tool targeted by virus writers
News Five proof-of-concept viruses that target Monad, the next version of Microsoft's command prompt, were included in a recently published virus writing magazine, according to Mikko Hyppönen, the director of antivirus research at F-Secure.
[August 4, 2005, 16:25]
Five years ago: Macro viruses still causing hassles
News It's rocketing up the charts and is becoming one of the most common viruses of all today, although it's not as widespread as [the original Word macro virus] Concept. Dr Solomon's also last week reported on its Web site that a Concept variant called...
[November 11, 2001, 6:00]
OS X under attack
Talkback You'll also realise that these viruses were proof of concept, and that the iChat virus could only be transmitted via bonjour. You’ll also find that Mac users know that two proofs of concept and an already patched security flaw, is a much safer bet...
[March 3, 2006, 13:01]
Back Orifice author develops new Trojan
News When questioned about his new idea for disguising remote Trojan horse attacks, CEO and president of Finjan anti-virus Bill Lyons admitted it was an interesting concept. Sir Dystic made the revelation while visiting Britain to explain to concept of...
[November 8, 1999, 10:00]
I can't help it if my code's read, says researcher
News His comments will not be welcomed by some in the security and antivirus communities, who see proof-of-concept publication as giving virus writers a helping hand. David Litchfield of NGS Software has acknowledged that "proof of concept" code he...
[February 5, 2003, 15:45]
Trend Micro updates smartphone antivirus
News Although Trend identified proof-of-concept viruses for mobile phones in 2004, Symbian's executive vice-president of research, David Wood, stressed that virus protection for Series 60 is currently more akin to insurance than the necessity that it...
[November 2, 2005, 14:00]
First handheld Trojan emerges
News Last month, researchers identified the first Windows CE virus, which researchers said was mostly a "proof-of-concept" bug, or one designed to demonstrate its own feasibility. We were certain that a viable malicious program for PDAs would appear...
[August 6, 2004, 8:40]
Bluetooth viruses pose growing threat
News There's no doubt that this is an area of increasing interest for the creators of malware and it is likely that attacks on cell phones and other platforms will be consolidated with the appearance of new 'concept trials' such as Cabir or even more...
[January 5, 2005, 13:25]
Security 'job one priority at Microsoft'
News One area Ballmer did highlight for future security innovation was the concept of "isolation", which has already been partly introduced with Windows XP Service Pack 2. But Ballmer reinforced Microsoft's commitment to the concept.
[October 4, 2004, 9:00]
