Sniffing worm snoops network PCs
News The latest version of the SDBot worm opens a back door for hackers and then relays stolen information via a network sniffer and keystroke logger embedded in the code. The SDBot advisory came from antivirus firm Trend Micro.
[September 14, 2004, 14:55]
BT to block rogue diallers
Talkback I agree with mr cambel that bt should foot the bill as they are to big for their own good and i too last year got caught with trogen horse dialer when i was on a dial up connection all bt told me was that your are very lucky that the bill was...
[June 30, 2004, 0:25]
Windows 2000 users face multiple attacks
News The vulnerability has also been leapt on by the virus writers who have launched the recent SDBot, Rbot and the Zotob virus families which has been causing pain for users around the world in the past 24 hours.
[August 17, 2005, 15:45]
Young worm-creator arrested in US
News However, the statement describes a different worm -- the Randex.E worm, which uses the same flaw as the MSBlast worm to install a Trojan horse program known as SDBot. The US Department of Justice announced on Friday that a juvenile had been...
[September 29, 2003, 8:54]
Zombie tool exploits Windows and antivirus flaws
News The program, called "Spybot.ACYR" by Symantec and "Sdbot.worm! Customers who have applied the patch in their environment are unaffected by the worm," Symantec said. An updated variant of a malicious bot program is spreading via a flaw in Symantec's...
[November 30, 2006, 8:24]
Worm warfare rages on
News New versions of pre-existing threats Rbot, Sdbot, CodBot and IRCBot also began wriggling their way into computers. The worm battle has likely only just begun, said Alex Shipp, a senior antivirus technologist at MessageLabs, an email security company.
[August 18, 2005, 9:00]
