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LoveBug variant steals bank details
News A LoveBug variant has been detected trying to capture password details from Swiss Internet banking customers, according to US security and antivirus experts. US computer security firm ICSA.net has reportedly found evidence of the virus being used...
[August 17, 2000, 12:04]
Lovebug author may get 6 months jail
News The law that facilitated the arrest of the author of the Lovebug virus may be the only legal tool available. However, the law doesn't work retroactively, which means that even if it were passed it won't apply to the Lovebug author.
[May 9, 2000, 12:56]
Homepage worm spreads quicker than Lovebug
News An email worm that purports to contain a link for the next cult Internet homepage appears to be spreading faster than the Lovebug virus A new email worm, known to virus experts as VBS.VBSWG2 and dubbed Homepage, is reported to infected scores of...
[May 9, 2001, 11:29]
LoveBug suspect charged
News A man thought to be behind the LoveBug worm has been charged with credit card fraud by the Philippine National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), according to reports Thursday. It was previously suggested the Filippino authorities might never bring...
[June 30, 2000, 15:35]
A Year Ago: New 'LoveBug' suspect named
News First published: Wed, 10 May 2000 16:52:24 GMT Philippine college student who proposed to submit a Trojan horse program as his graduation thesis is being sought by authorities Philippine college student who proposed to submit a Trojan horse program...
[May 10, 2001, 6:04]
Lovebug virus was no accident say experts
News Claims that the ILoveYou virus was released by accident prior to causing mayhem on computers worldwide, are highly unlikely according to virus experts Wednesday. One of the main suspects in the ILoveYou virus investigation last week told...
[May 17, 2000, 10:25]
Viruses can be tamed - by upgrading users' brains
News PCs are actually safer today than they were four years ago, when the first batch of mass mailing viruses -- such as LoveBug and Melissa were introduced. More countries have introduced computer crime laws," said Cluley, who pointed out that the...
[May 4, 2004, 17:55]
Virus fears topple Microsoft from home office software top spot
News The recent outbreak of the LoveBug computer worm appears to have helped push beleaguered software giant Microsoft from the top spot of the home office software market, according to figures released last week.
[May 31, 2000, 17:03]
Homepage virus: How to prevent it
News The worm that experts warn could be worse than the LoveBug today infected thousands of PCs around the country. In the first 24 hours the email worm -- known to experts as VBS.VBSWG2 and dubbed Homepage -- appears to be more prolific than the...
[May 9, 2001, 15:23]
Swiss bank says password attack hasn't bitten
News The virus -- a variant of the LoveBug that broke out in May -- targets customers using the bank's USB PIN online software. Virus experts say that the virus, VBS/Loveletter.bd, is a particularly nasty twist on the original LoveBug virus because its...
[August 18, 2000, 10:22]
2000 Roundup: Cybercrime goes global
News Just a short while later, March saw the year's most dramatic impact on the Internet, when the LoveBug crash landed. The LoveBug made Melissa look like an chain-letter, sweeping across the world with a voracious appetite for destruction and damage.
[December 26, 2000, 6:12]
Italian 'Love Bug' contained for now
News Cartonlina is a variant of the Lovebug, which wreaked havoc around the world in May last year. Recent research indicates that few have learnt the lesson from the chaos and damage caused by LoveBug and its variants.
[February 8, 2001, 12:45]
Interpol orders immediate cybercrime action
News This was evident when the FBI traced the Lovebug virus to the Philippines where sophisticated laws controlling computer crime do not exist. Recent incidents, most notably the release of the Lovebug virus and the distributed denial of service...
[October 11, 2000, 15:02]
Jane Wakefield: Have you caught the love bug?
News Lucent, Credit Suisse, World Online, IDC, AT&T and a number of NHS departments were among the first casualties of the lovebug as ZDNet's Will Knight broke the first story to the world just after 10am.
[May 5, 2000, 10:13]
2001: Year of the virus
News Although 2000 saw the infamous LoveBug virus, widely acknowledged as the most successful virus ever, MessageLab's figures suggest that this year has already proved more successful for spreading malicious computer code.
[May 10, 2001, 15:06]
First British companies report NewLove virus
News Since first appearing in the US, the virus has been heralded as a far more nasty version of the LoveBug because it randomly changes the subject line to the name of a file on a host computer, helping to confuse even the most wary of users.
[May 19, 2000, 10:11]
Computer content security industry to boom, says report
News High profile cyber attacks like the LoveBug have significantly increased public awareness and commercial concerns over security, according to the study. The content security industry is due for a major value explosion over the next few years...
[July 10, 2000, 10:03]
EU steps up cybercrime talks
News The G8 nations convened to discuss international computer threats shortly after the LoveBug worm caused billions of pounds worth of damage across international computer systems in a matter of hours. The European Union met informally Saturday to...
[July 31, 2000, 14:39]
US braces itself for 'Homepage' worm
News MessageLabs estimates that the worm has spread through Europe almost as quickly as the LoveBug virus and says it has seen more than seven thousand copies pass through its systems. Situation may get worse as the US wakes up, say experts
[May 9, 2001, 14:43]
Playing the computer hacking game
News Halting the spread of major viruses can depend on coordination and communications as has been demonstrated by the dramatic speed at which viruses such as the LoveBug and Kournikova spread between computer systems worldwide.
[April 26, 2001, 14:31]
