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Paris Hilton worm spreads
News An email worm promising explicit pictures of hotel heiress Paris Hilton is spreading widely, antivirus experts warned on Wednesday. The Sober-K worm sends itself in German and English using a variety of subject lines including "Paris Hilton, pure!
[February 23, 2005, 15:30]
Paris Hilton used as virus bait
News An email promising erotic photos of hotel heiress Paris Hilton is likely to contain a nasty surprise. The Sober-K worm sends itself in German and English using a variety of subject lines including "Paris Hilton, pure!
[February 22, 2005, 11:35]
Paris Hilton used as virus bait
Talkback It should be said that Ahker-C doesn't only spread this way. I fell victim to it recently.
[February 22, 2005, 12:21]
Paris Hilton used as virus bait
Talkback The level of stupidity in ths country never ceases to amaze me. The number of people that just open anything that is sent to them just astounds me. The fact that one cares at all about what some silver-spoon bimbo is doing is, I suppose, at decent...
[February 22, 2005, 16:17]
Paris Hilton used as virus bait
Talkback Paris will "go down" in history for this! No wait, that was Monica. Sorry.
[February 23, 2005, 4:41]
Sober climbs November worm charts
News Malicious messages that purport to be from the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHCTU), the CIA or Paris Hilton generated the vast majority of virus-laden email traffic in November, according to security companies.
[December 1, 2005, 8:05]
Hilton hacker sent down
News A Massachusetts teen who admitted to accessing T-Mobile USA's internal systems and posting data from Paris Hilton's mobile phone on the Web will serve 11 months in a juvenile facility. Having gained access to T-Mobile USA's systems, the teen found...
[September 15, 2005, 9:25]
JavaOne: the ‘best of the rest’ awards
Blog Britney Spears beats out Paris Hilton in Open Source Code Popularity - Code search company Krugle’s story was based around a list of top Java queries that developers world-wide have submitted during the last month at Krugle.com, as well as the...
[May 7, 2008, 23:55]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog I'm not Paris Hilton. But that's not why I'm prepared to take a stand for Ms Hilton. I'd best delete Paris' number first, though. Following the court case, I'm not even allowed in the same city. But I do have some sympathy for the woman, following...
[February 25, 2005, 17:10]
MSN Messenger hit by virus, outage
Talkback I am called PARIS HILTON and you know i shouldn't be on this internet as i am a celeb - but i just wanted to say hi to Jessy, Gemma and Beckie- you rock and i love your letters! HEY! I nearly died. Please, Call me sometime!
[April 21, 2006, 21:58]
Sober worm turns to Paris
News There is no Easter Bunny, and that's not a real Paris Hilton video in your email inbox. A separate version purports to offer a download manager for "video clips, pictures and more" of Hilton and Richie.
[November 23, 2005, 8:45]
IP Scanner
Downloads Using it on a network with more than 5 devices requires a shareware license of $29.99, which entitles you to export and printing functions, tech support, feature requests, and a chance to win a dream date with Paris Hilton.
[August 17, 2009, 20:10]
Thanksgiving will bring a Sober hangover
News Sober-Y spreads in emails that pretend to come from the FBI or which claim to contain video clips of celebrity heiress Paris Hilton. The latest outbreak of the Sober worm will accelerate as US computer users turns the PCs back on after the...
[November 25, 2005, 16:25]
Clunky fun with Opera
Blog This is a “fun” way of saying that it has auto-complete for URLs and saves pages for offline viewing, so don’t get too excited and start thinking it’ll hook you up with Paris Hilton, Katie Holmes etc… (insert fantasy celebrity of choice).
[April 2, 2008, 11:51]
T-Mobile confirms super-3G launch
News To accompany Web n walk, T-Mobile will be releasing eight new handsets by Christmas including the Paris Hilton 'hack' phone, the Sidekick, and a 2G, 3G, Wi-Fi combo, the MDA Pro. T-Mobile has launched its own mobile Internet service, dubbed "Web n...
[October 7, 2005, 9:30]
New worms turn up
News Other subject lines include references to illegal Web sites visited and also the notorious Paris Hilton sex video. Several new worms have been spotted in the wild today including a variant of Sober; a variant of Bropia; and a new MyDoom -- taking...
[February 21, 2005, 15:15]
Christmas number one virus plays on
News The Sober-K worm is sent under a number of guises, including a bogus email from the FBI and message promising explicit videos of celebrity pin-up Paris Hilton. The Christmas card worm -- Zafi.d -- is still dominating the virus charts, as people...
[March 2, 2005, 13:40]
Cybercrooks get better at concealing code
News He has spotted an encoded script function called "makemelaugh" that downloads a Trojan horse that captures bank information, and a Paris Hilton Flash animation that installs a tool that makes a PC part of a botnet.
[April 19, 2007, 10:53]
Sober worm impersonates high-tech cops
News This latest Sober outbreak broke out last week, with very similar emails pretending to come from the FBI, or claiming to contain video clips of hotel heiress Paris Hilton.and experts have warned that it is likely to worsen this week as US users...
[November 29, 2005, 12:40]
Bank loses a million records
News Mobile phone network operator T-Mobile has dealt with ongoing security problems that have led to the publication of celebrity Paris Hilton's personal information and the phone numbers of many Hollywood stars.
[February 28, 2005, 9:40]
