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Book Claims Bell Copied Telephone Invention
News Alexander Graham Bell may not have been the original inventor of the telephone, according to a book due for release next month by a leading US writer. In his book, The Telephone Gambit: Chasing Alexander Graham Bell's Secret, Seth Shulman, a former...
[December 27, 2007, 17:15]
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]
Virus Writer Says 'I Love You' Again
News The Assiral worm uses an old trick to seduce users into believing they may have received a romantic love letter," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. Five years after the world fell victim to the ILOVEYOU email virus, a...
[February 22, 2005, 10:35]
MyDoom Author Appears To Cover Tracks
News The author may be using the tactic to create a crowd of PC users in which to hide, or the author could be spreading the code in hopes that other virus writers will create variations on MyDoom, said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for...
[February 11, 2004, 7:45]
I Can't Help It If My Code's Read, Says Researcher
News In the case of publishing example viruses or code which could be used easily in viruses, we would view that as a bad thing," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant with Sophos Anti-Virus. Litchfield said that this argument doesn't hold...
[February 5, 2003, 15:45]
Welsh Virus Writer Gets Two Years
News Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos Anti-Virus, said: "Vallor's actions were comparable to those of a vandal gaining illegal entry to businesses across the world and then interfering with thousands of their PCs.
[January 22, 2003, 9:44]
Virus-writer Turns Tail, Covers Tracks
News Graham Cluley, senior technical consultant with Sophos anti-virus believes Raid could now be in big trouble. "Raid", a virus-writer who distributed the Toadie.exe virus and then taunted the authorities on a number of public newsgroups, could now be...
[August 26, 1999, 3:00]
Techie TV Comedy Premieres Online
News The show's writer and director Graham Linehan was also behind the award-winning comedy series Father Ted. The IT Crowd is due to air on the UK's Channel Four on 3 February. However, in a potential nod towards the techies that the show lampoons, the...
[January 17, 2006, 13:30]
Sober Worm Makes A Comeback
News It looks like the virus writer is deliberately using broken English to [convince] people the email is not a virus," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for antivirus firm Sophos. Virus writers have resurrected the Sober worm with a new...
[April 19, 2005, 17:20]
New Virus First To Infect Macromedia Flash
News It's really a proof of concept, as opposed to something that you should lie awake at night worrying about," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for the Abingdon, England-based company. The caution came after an unknown virus writer...
[January 9, 2002, 9:34]
Hacker Targets Sophos Mouthpiece
News A row has once again broken out between two of the virus world's best known characters -- Sophos senior technology consultant and mouthpiece Graham Cluley, and Gigabyte, a female Belgian hacker. The twist is that they score the most points for...
[July 17, 2003, 13:05]
Author Of Chernobyl Virus Arrested In Taiwan
News It is encouraging to see the authorities in Taiwan take the damage caused by viruses such as CIH seriously," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos Anti-Virus. The virus writer who created the infamous Chernobyl virus has been...
[September 15, 2000, 15:18]
Cellery Worm Plays Tetris As It Spreads
News This worm puts up the Tetris game as a smokescreen while it tries to hop from computer to computer across your network," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. The Bibrog worm was disguised as a shooting game and the Coconut...
[January 12, 2005, 13:10]
Seductive Virus Has Sobering Consequence
News The German version is really interesting," said Graham Cluley, senior technical consultant for Sophos. Maybe [the virus writer] thinks that the English aren't as interested in sex as our German cousins.
[November 19, 2004, 14:15]
Panorama Puts Teenage Hackers Under The Microscope
News According to Sophos senior technical consultant Graham Cluley the conclusion is obvious: "I suspect Buen is the author of that virus. I have never seen a virus writer be so stupid. The BBC's flagship investigative programme, Panorama, on Monday...
[July 4, 2000, 11:04]
Worm Spreads Happy Nude Year Greeting
News Once activated, this worm will harvest your computer hunting for other email addresses to send itself to and try and turn off antivirus software," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos.
[January 11, 2005, 16:45]
New Year Rings In More Worms
News acx100), or whimsical, such as, "what does antivirus person Graham Cluley have between his toes? The virus writer's nationality is signposted in some questions, such as, "In which country do I live? Antivirus experts are warning of a destructive...
[January 2, 2004, 12:45]
Dutch Police Arrest Kournikova Virus Suspect
News However stupid people are for clicking on it, [the creator] is still to blame," says Graham Cluley, chief technologist with UK antivirus firm Sophos. The writer also tries to absolve himself of blame for the damage caused by the virus.
[February 14, 2001, 15:36]
Sasser Bounty Hangs On Conviction, Says Microsoft
News The police have not had great success in finding victims of the Sasser worm, according to Graham Cluley, a senior technology consultant at antivirus company Sophos. The 18-year-old suspected virus writer has been charged with sabotage, but no court...
[September 13, 2004, 8:15]
Trial Date Set For Kournikova Suspect
News Although the crime can carry a four year sentence under Dutch law, the suspect can only receive a maximum six month sentence because the case is scheduled to be heard in a police court," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for UK...
[June 21, 2001, 13:49]
