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Virus Writer Says 'I Love You' Again
News Five years after the world fell victim to the ILOVEYOU email virus, a malware writer is trying the same trick on unsuspecting users. Antivirus experts unearthed a mass-mailing worm on Tuesday, dubbed Assiral, that mimics the Love Bug virus which...
[February 22, 2005, 10:35]
Virus-writer Turns Tail, Covers Tracks
News "Raid", a virus-writer who distributed the Toadie.exe virus and then taunted the authorities on a number of public newsgroups, could now be trying to cover his tracks, according to one anti-virus expert.
[August 26, 1999, 3:00]
News Burst: Virus Writer Dismisses Lawyer
News Alleged virus writer David L. Smith has dismissed his original attorney on Monday, said sources at both the New Jersey Attorney General's Office and defence counsel Steven Altman, Smith's original attorney.
[April 6, 1999, 9:22]
Smith Lawyer: No Comment On Mystery Virus Writer
News Smith's attorney was unable to clear up a lingering mystery Tuesday -- the question of whether the programmer charged with spreading the Melissa virus is also VicodinES, a virus writer linked to the virus's creation.
[April 7, 1999, 9:07]
Welsh Virus Writer Gets Two Years
News A Welsh virus writer has been sentenced to two years in prison for creating malware which infected thousands of computers around the world. Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos Anti-Virus, said: "Vallor's actions were comparable to...
[January 22, 2003, 9:44]
Anna Virus Writer Goes On Trial
News It is the first time in Dutch history that a writer of a computer virus has been tried. Jan de Wit, the 20-year-old who wrote the Anna Kournikova virus, went to trial on Thursday, but the prosecutor asked for a relatively light sentence with no...
[September 14, 2001, 9:46]
First Virus Writer Arrested In Japan
Blog Because this is the first arrest in Japan of [an alleged] virus writer it's likely to generate a lot of attention and there may be calls for cybercrime laws to be made tighter," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos.
[January 25, 2008, 16:55]
Ex-virus Writer Questioned Over Slammer
News Police are questioning Benny, a former member of the 29A virus writers' club, over the Internet worm Slammer. It seems that the police have questioned him about a virus that was really significant," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant...
[November 29, 2004, 13:35]
Ex-virus Writer Questioned Over Slammer
Talkback Sinclaire, I see that literacy is not a virtue of yours. If you ever want to receive any respect by posting publicly like this, may I suggest that you learn to communicate first? People would be more likely to take your "opinions" seriously if you...
[November 30, 2004, 13:45]
Microsoft Says Virus Writer Bounties Are Working
Talkback Good to see them clearing up some of the mess they have largely caused with their poor software.
[May 17, 2004, 22:12]
Ex-virus Writer Questioned Over Slammer
Talkback You see, you will never understand it coz you didn't and won't ever experience it, anyway, whatever with your comments, i can see the only ignorant one in here is you, trying to be a wise ass, word of advice: chill off and take a hike, it doesn't...
[November 30, 2004, 16:30]
Ex-virus Writer Questioned Over Slammer
Talkback First i would like to say that avers only want to arrest people like BENNY just to make them examples for others, he is an ex-member (i.e.retired) so pick up a dictionary and learn your acronyms.second i like to state that some of us will boycott...
[November 29, 2004, 18:44]
AV Firms Slam 'irresponsible' Virus Writer
Talkback This guy should be conferred with a doctorate for pioneering virus writing in mobile computing.
[January 27, 2005, 7:24]
First Virus Writer Arrested In Japan
Blog Comment Very interesting, but as i understand it; only the copyright owner can claim breach of their copyright (in the UK anyway).
[January 25, 2008, 21:35]
Anna Virus Writer Goes On Trial
Talkback He should receive the maximum sentence to deter others from following in his footsteps- community service dissuades no-one and hackers must be laughing at the prospect of being 'tried' if this is the best the courts can do.
[November 25, 2003, 17:17]
AV Firms Slam 'irresponsible' Virus Writer
News Marcos Velasco, who is based in Rio de Janeiro, has admitted writing the Lasco virus, which is one of the first potentially serious viruses to target the Symbian operating system. In a recent interview with Finnish magazine ITviikko, which has been...
[January 25, 2005, 8:50]
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]
The Hunt For Melissa Leads To 'ex' Virus Writer
News Roger Sibert, the systems administrator for Source of Kaos, a site frequented by virus enthusiasts, said that site log files showed that VicodinES had not been active on the site in the last 30 days. Code written by VicodinES has been linked to the...
[March 30, 1999, 9:17]
Me Code Write Good: The L33t Skillz Of The Virus Writer
White Papers With some virus writers on the bleeding edge of technology, making use of 0-day exploits and innovative techniques to circumvent system security features. From exploitable vulnerabilities in their code to incomprehensible goofs there's no shortage...
[December 16, 2006, 0:00]
Me Code Write Good: The L33t Skillz Of The Virus Writer
White Papers With some virus writers on the bleeding edge of technology, making use of 0-day exploits and innovative techniques to circumvent system security features. From exploitable vulnerabilities in their code to incomprehensible goofs there's no shortage...
[December 16, 2006, 0:00]
