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Netsky Tops 2004 Virus Charts
News Netsky-P tops the list of the worst virus outbreaks in 2004 -- a year marked with nearly a 52 percent increase in new viruses, according to a report released on Wednesday by security software maker Sophos.
[December 9, 2004, 14:10]
Virus Top 10: Can Netsky's March Be Stopped?
News With numerous versions of the Netsky virus available in the wild, Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, said it was difficult to see why the P variant was so successful. Zafi.B and Netsky.P have managed to notch up another month on...
[November 1, 2004, 11:34]
After Two Years, Netsky-P Is Still Worst Virus
News Netsky-P, which remains the most widely spread of the email worms, was ranked the worst virus of 2004. Netsky-P led the top 10 chart for malicious software threats in August, retaining its rank despite the availability of fixes for more than two...
[September 4, 2006, 9:20]
Security Firm Hires Teenager Accused Of Writing Sasser Virus
News Sven Jaschan, an 18-year-old from Waffensen in Lower Saxony, who is also thought to be behind the Netsky virus and is currently awaiting trial for writing the Sasser worm, could be about to start work with German firewall company Securepoint.
[September 20, 2004, 14:20]
Netsky Variant Uses Compression Trick
News Virus hunters at McAfee have identified a new variant of the Netsky virus and rate it as a medium risk. The Netsky virus has been one of the most prolific security threats of 2004, infecting millions of computers and spawning more than 25 variants.
[October 15, 2004, 11:40]
Netsky Writers Claim Credit For Sasser Worm
News The unknown team of programmers who created the latest variant of the Netsky virus claim to be the authors of the Sasser worm -- and researchers have found evidence that supports that assertion. The programmers, who have referred to themselves as...
[May 4, 2004, 8:35]
Korean Worm Turns Out To Be Baba Variant
News Antivirus companies have mislabelled a worm they thought belonged to the Netsky virus family, a security expert has said. At the time of writing, Symantec still had the virus labelled as Netsky. Reports stated that the original Netsky author Sven...
[October 22, 2004, 17:15]
One Virus Writer 'responsible For 70 Percent Of Infections'
News Sven Jaschan, self-confessed author of the Netsky and Sasser viruses, is responsible for 70 percent of virus infections in 2004, according to a six-month malware round-up published by antivirus firm Sophos on Wednesday.
[July 28, 2004, 17:35]
Sasser Bounty Hangs On Conviction, Says Microsoft
News Sven Jaschan, the alleged author of the Sasser worm and several variants of the Netsky virus, was charged last week by German police, but the informant who led authorities to the suspect will have to wait for a promised $250,000 (£140,000) reward...
[September 13, 2004, 8:15]
Antivirus Firm Improves Security After Emailing Virus
News The moderator for the company's UK customer list on 26 February forwarded an email generated by the virus NetSky.B. Between last Friday and this Wednesday, more than 10 variants of the NetSky, Bagle and MyDoom worms have been discovered by...
[March 5, 2004, 9:55]
Virus Writers Exchange Coded Insults
News Security researchers have discovered that the authors of MyDoom and Bagle are exchanging insults with the author of Netsky using text that is hidden inside the virus's code. Since Friday, more than 10 variants of the Netsky, Bagle and MyDoom worms...
[March 3, 2004, 12:30]
Bagle Eats Netsky As The Worm Turns
News Earlier this month, security researchers discovered that the authors of MyDoom and Bagle were exchanging insults, and that the author of the Netsky worm was using text hidden inside the virus's code. This is not a good sign for Internet users...
[March 16, 2004, 16:35]
Sasser Tops Virus Infections
News However, six variants of the Netsky worm also broke into the top ten, reminding network administrators to still be on the lookout for versions of the troublesome virus. Carole Theriault, security consultant at Sophos, said: "Sasser was the major...
[June 1, 2004, 15:00]
Virus Variants Spread
News Despite requiring the computer user to actively run an attachment, Netsky.C seems to be spreading fast, with antivirus vendor Central Command claiming it had discovered 1,500 infections of the virus within 40 minutes of its discovery.
[February 26, 2004, 7:40]
Competing Authors Pump Up Virus Statistics
News Antivirus experts attribute the frequency of the NetSky and Bagle viruses to competition between the virus writers. The authors of the NetSky and Bagle worms have been battling for virus-writing supremacy in March, with both releasing new variants...
[April 1, 2004, 10:15]
Spam-seeding Viruses Dominate August Charts
News In their virus reports for August, software and Internet security companies said that viruses such as Netsky, Zafi and MyDoom, together with their variants, continued to dominate the charts. W32/NetSky.D-mm
[September 1, 2004, 16:37]
Virus Attacks Fall
News Netsky.P topped the Blackspider virus chart for the seventh successive month, accounting for 24 percent of all viruses detected in Sophos has seen a rise in Netsky.P incidences, and reported that this virus rose in prevalence from 14.7 percent to...
[October 3, 2005, 17:55]
Netsky.B Outstrips MyDoom
News E-mail inboxes are being swamped as Netsky.B continues to increase its infection rate. Netsky.B scans the hard drives and shared drives of an infected computer for e-mail addresses and then uses its own SMTP engine to mail itself to those addresses.
[February 24, 2004, 7:55]
Netsky Number One Again
News Old timer Netsky.P last month regained its position at the top of the table of most reported malware, making up nearly 15 percent of all reported viruses in August. Despite the fact that Netsky.P has increased its share of the most reported viruses...
[September 2, 2005, 10:20]
New Sasser Variant Indicates Copycat Script Kiddie
News Sasser's code and some messages hidden inside the worm indicate its authors are closely linked with the Netsky virus, which has led many experts to question if the German teenager could be solely responsible for the Sasser outbreak.
[May 11, 2004, 17:35]
