UK teen sentenced for Randex virus
News A British teenager has been sentenced for his part in writing and distributing the Randex worm which turned infected PCs into 'zombies', controlled by spammers and designed to send out vast quantities of unsolicited email.
[December 21, 2004, 12:15]
Mounties charge teenage virus suspect
News The RCMP's Integrated Technological Crime Unit says the charges are related to distribution of the Randex worm. The Randex worm and its variants contain a list of commonly used passwords used to hack into Windows systems.
[May 27, 2004, 13:20]
Trojan compromises email delivery
News Symantec believe a variation of the Randex worm first discovered in August has inserted a backdoor Trojan named mprox, discovered on 30 September, into a large number of Windows-based systems. Most varieties of Randex affect Windows 2000, Windows...
[October 15, 2003, 10:10]
Randex youths made botnets for gaming
News Two teenage hackers, who were convicted for their involvement with the Randex worm, used a 30,000-strong Windows botnet to beat opponents in online video game matches. The Canadian and British youths, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were...
[December 23, 2004, 11:55]
Young worm-creator arrested in US
News The worm -- known as Spybot.worm.lz, Randex.E and RPCSdbot -- infects systems by taking advantage of a security flaw Microsoft revealed in mid-July. However, the statement describes a different worm -- the Randex.E worm, which uses the same flaw as...
[September 29, 2003, 8:54]
Peeping Taiwanese Trojan author is arrested
News The teenager is suspected of writing the Randex worm. Taiwanese police have arrested a man for writing and distributing a Trojan that was apparently used by Chinese hackers to steal and destroy information on government-owned computers in Taiwan.
[May 28, 2004, 12:30]
