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Klez Still Surfing The Virus Top Ten
News The unshakeable malware was the most common virus in February, accounting for 13.7 percent of all reported instances of viruses, according to statistics compiled by Sophos. Comparing Klez to newcomer Lovgate, Graham Cluley, senior technology...
[March 3, 2003, 16:04]
Virus Hoax Chart Makes Grim Reading
News Anti-virus firm Sophos released details of its latest top ten virus hoaxes on Thursday. The JDBGMGR hoax has been at the top of the myth list for eight months and shows no signs of subsiding," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at...
[January 3, 2003, 11:36]
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. The top ten of viruses in May 2004 looks like this -- figures given as...
[June 1, 2004, 15:00]
Virus Attacks Fall
News Sophos reported that the average age of the top ten viruses is eight months, which demonstrates to the company that "a large number of users are still being complacent about installing and updating their virus protection.
[October 3, 2005, 17:55]
Macro Viruses Now Half Of Top 10 Viruses
News According to statistics released by leading anti-virus software developer Dr. The most seen virus in December was the WM/Cap Word Macro virus while other macro viruses that infect Word also figure prominently: WM/Npad (third most popular), WM...
[January 13, 1998, 7:00]
Christmas Number One Virus Plays On
News The Christmas card worm -- Zafi.d -- is still dominating the virus charts, as people continue to report having run the program thinking it was a seasonal greeting. Zafi.d, which in its third month at number one in the Sophos virus charts, contains...
[March 2, 2005, 13:40]
Top 10 Viruses: Macro Down But Still Major Threat
News According to a report from anti-virus software developer Dr.Solomons, Macro viruses account for just three of the most reported viruses seen in February, but this is expected to be a short term blip in the figures.
[March 13, 1998, 10:18]
One Virus Writer 'responsible For 70 Percent Of Infections'
News Sasser may have taken top spot, but six of the biggest viruses of the last six months were Netsky and Bagle variants -- these caused a continued nuisance for PC users the world over as their authors entered into a very public game of virus writing...
[July 28, 2004, 17:35]
SirCam Tops Virus Charts For July
News The top 12 virus report positions the malicious Magistr worm in second place, accounting for 14 percent of all virus reports last month. This is more than ten times the number of emails infected with the Magistr virus, which stood at 632.
[August 2, 2001, 17:42]
Top-10 Spam List: Still Gullible
News The list, compiled by anti-virus firm Sophos, also reveals that the gullible are still perpetuating one of the more ridiculous e-mail hoaxes ever seen. The e-mail urges recipients to delete the file, claiming that doing so will offer protection...
[December 4, 2002, 7:58]
Hybris Virus: Sleeper Hit Of 2001
News First detected in October 2000, the worm has remained on the top ten list of worldwide infectors, according to statistics from Trend Micro's Worldwide Virus Tracking page. For the past week, the virus has been rated as the number four most...
[January 12, 2001, 8:47]
Symantec Australia/New Zealand Submission To DCITA Spyware Discussion Paper
White Papers Spyware/adware also needs to be seen in the larger context of overall cyber-security crime (including phishing, spam, virus, etc) and security threats, as these are increasingly inter-related. Nine of the top ten reported spyware programs were...
[April 14, 2006, 0:00]
Hackers 'recycling Code' To Spread Worms
News According to Trend Micro, all of the top ten virus threats of May were worm-related, confirming, they say, that this type of malware is still the biggest threat to corporate networks and home users. However, the company said despite the decrease...
[June 1, 2004, 10:10]
Fat Pipes Fail Broadband Britain
Talkback In ten years of heavy use, two of which I was connected to an "always on" ADSL connection I have had ONE virus and that came from a friend who inadvertently picked it up in a malicious email while his virus program was switched off.
[October 30, 2003, 0:01]
Viruses Can Be Tamed - By Upgrading Users' Brains
News More countries have introduced computer crime laws," said Cluley, who pointed out that the author of the LoveBug virus, a student from the Philippines, was never prosecuted: "He got away scot free because the crime laws in the Philippines were not...
[May 4, 2004, 17:55]
2003 -- A CIO's Guide
News There will still be plenty of security scares on widely used products (both opensource and proprietary), and virus attacks. Ten percent is a realistic target, says Mahoney, but one which will begin to create real paybacks which the CIO can show to...
[January 2, 2003, 11:57]
Web Surfers Brace For Pop-up Downloads
News Some Net users have complained of receiving downloads containing a virus that automatically redirects them to adult-related sites. The company came under fire last year for selling ads that appeared over the top of ads already existing on major...
[April 8, 2002, 12:28]
Snow White: Who's Been Sleeping In My Inbox?
News Currently, the virus is rated number two on Trend Micros "Top Ten" virus list. Snow White may be something of a fairytale to most, however, in cyberspace it's a virus which has enormous staying power.
[June 6, 2001, 10:37]
Son Of Nimda On The Attack
News By 1am GMT today (Wednesday), about 3,900 infections had been reported to Trend Micro through its support lines in Asia and its free online virus scanner, placing the worm at No.on the company's list of active infectors for that region.
[October 31, 2001, 11:46]
Xombe Trojan Imitates Microsoft Security Warning
News Ken Dunham, director of malicious code at security company iDefense, said that the success of Swen has encouraged virus writers to create emails and Web sites that appear official in order to fool more people into executing malicious code.
[January 12, 2004, 11:10]
