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Learn Virus Writing Skills In Canada
News While many students would be expelled from their computer science programs for writing a virus, the University of Calgary plans to make writing such malicious programs a part of the curriculum. For his part, Trend Micro's Perry said there is little...
[May 28, 2003, 13:50]
Security Firm Hires Teenager Accused Of Writing Sasser Virus
News Sven Jaschan, an 18-year-old from Waffensen in Lower Saxony, who is also thought to be behind the Netsky virus and is currently awaiting trial for writing the Sasser worm, could be about to start work with German firewall company Securepoint.
[September 20, 2004, 14:20]
Virus Writing: It's A Thieves' Game
Talkback this articles so good and information full but i want to know how viruses r programm
[March 22, 2005, 12:31]
Security Firm Hires Teenager Accused Of Writing Sasser Virus
Talkback What? What is the world comming to, he'll get out of jail and there will be numerous new viruses out there and his knowledge maybe upto 5 years old. I hope he does a lot of keeping up with this subject while hes eating is fruit cocktail behind bars.
[September 20, 2004, 17:40]
Learn Virus Writing Skills In Canada
Talkback There is really nothing I've ever wanted to do more than writing viruses and computer programs, although I've never had the opportunity to try before. As I do not live in Canada, there is a bit of a problem regarding this course.
[April 18, 2005, 11:51]
Virus Writing: End Of An Era?
News Smith's conviction in the Melissa virus case -- the first successful prosecution of a virus writer in the United States -- will have a strong chilling effect on other authors of malicious code. Smith, 31, pleaded guilty in both state and federal...
[December 10, 1999, 9:27]
Virus Writing: It's A Thieves' Game
News This compares to 44 percent for the first six months of 2004, and indicates that today's virus writers are motivated by financial reward rather than just being interested in disrupting IT systems. More than half of all malware on the Internet is an...
[March 21, 2005, 15:45]
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. Virus writing should be illegal and it should be illegal globally...
[January 25, 2005, 8:50]
Mac Virus Competition Halted For 'legal Reasons'
News Plans to hold a $25,000 virus writing competition to infect the Apple OS X have been scrapped after the company behind the scheme backed down over "legal problems" and complaints from Mac customers. DVForge said it had so much faith in the security...
[March 29, 2005, 16:05]
Virus Bounty 'will Change Nothing'
News Security researchers disagree on the effect Microsoft's Anti-virus Reward Program will have on the underground world of virus writing. The initiative promises a reward of up to $250,000 (£148,579) for information leading to the conviction of the...
[November 6, 2003, 8:10]
Cops Nab First Italian Virus Suspect
News Italian police have arrested a man suspected of writing the Vierika computer virus, similar to the Kournikova virus which overloaded computer systems around the world last month. The man -- whose identity was not immediately available -- is...
[March 30, 2001, 6:59]
Dutch Treat? Netherlander Takes Credit For 'Anna'
News A Dutch virus writer known as OnTheFly admitted Tuesday to writing the Anna Kournikova virus, as Excite@Home compiled evidence against a subscriber in the Netherlands who is believed to be the same person.
[February 14, 2001, 8:03]
2001: Year Of The Virus
News Viruses such as yesterday's Homepage email worm and the earlier Kournikova worm do not represent a major advance in virus writing and are simple to avoid, yet the number of infections is on the rise. The simplicity of modern virus writing is also a...
[May 10, 2001, 15:06]
On The Trail Of The ILOVEYOU Author, Part II
News In conversations with dozens of individuals involved in the virus writing culture, we have found only two instances of 'direct' female involvement," she wrote in a 1994 paper that profiled the 'generic' virus writer.
[May 8, 2000, 8:35]
First Windows 2000 Virus Discovered
News According to F-Secure it was created by virus-writing group "29A". Mikko Hypponen, manager of anti-virus research at F-Secure, believes the discovery heralds a new era in virus writing and virus protection.
[January 13, 2000, 6:09]
Who Writes Viruses?
News And the latest (as of this writing) virus writer caught seems to reflect that stereotype. David Smith: Received 20 months in prison and paid $5,000 in fines for the Melissa virus. Jan De Wit: Received 150 hours of community service for authoring...
[September 25, 2003, 13:30]
The Fox Guarding The Chicken Coop
News I am not member of 29A anymore, since I try to orient myself on my work, which I like as much as virus writing. Q: Why did you join a virus-writing group like 29A? Has your virus-writing experience made your programming better?
[January 18, 2005, 9:50]
Babylonia Virus Loses Its Home Page
News Victims who contract the virus have their computers directed to the Web site hosted in Japan that is no longer operating; it was apparently authored by a member of the "29A" virus writing group. The Webmaster of a Japanese Web page that collects...
[December 9, 1999, 9:59]
Man Accused Of Love Bug Hack Goes Free
News One survey, from a Filipino TV station, found that 50 percent of people thought virus writing was OK. It certainly hasn't put out a message that virus writing is wrong and you will be punished," he says.
[August 21, 2000, 11:40]
Sasser Worm Author Arrested In Germany
News Surprised at the rapid developments, security experts said this could be the single biggest arrest yet in bringing down a virus-writing gang. If the Sasser author is part of the Netsky group, which calls itself the "Skynet antivirus group," this...
[May 9, 2004, 11:05]
