Blaster.b Author Arrested
Friday August 29, 2003
Eighteen year old Jeffrey Lee Parson has admitted to creating a variant of the original Blaster worm. Dubbed Blaster.B, Parson's worm was a virtual no-show in comparison to the orginal ... Read More
eBay Update Scam Resurfaces
Thursday August 28, 2003
An email pretending to be from support@ebay.com is designed to dupe members into revealing personal financial details, such as mother's maiden name, credit card account information, bank account number, pin ... Read More
Dumaru: Fake Microsoft Email a Threat
Monday August 25, 2003
Arriving in an email with an attachment named "patch.exe" the Dumaru worm pretends to be From: Microsoft. In reality, it is a mass-mailing email worm with viral capabilities that installs ... Read More
SoBig.F: Evolution of the Worm
Tuesday August 19, 2003
The SoBig.F worm swamped mail servers worldwide, causing a Denial of Service (DoS) attack for many email recipients. Find out how this worm got started and what the status of ... Read More
Worst Virus Week Ever
Tuesday August 19, 2003
F-Secure Reports: Four new major virus cases within 24 hours. Beginning with the Lovsan (Blaster) worm that began infecting on August 11th, and ending with Welchi (Nachi), SoBig.F, Lovsan.D and ... Read More
MS Sidesteps DoS at Users' Expense
Monday August 18, 2003
It seems Microsoft's attempt to sidestep MSBlaster's intended DoS may leave users at greater risk of future infection.
Welchi Worm Attacks Blaster
Monday August 18, 2003
The Welchi worm targets the original Blaster worm, removing it, and then patching the system's RPC/DCOM flaw to prevent further attack. However, this unsolicited patching spontaneously reboots the system, causing ... Read More
F-Secure Calls Worm Attack a Draw
Monday August 18, 2003
According to antivirus vendor F-Secure, the Lovsan (MSBlast) worm both succeeded and failed in its effort to attack Microsoft. At issue is the popular windowsupdate.com domain visited by millions to ... Read More
Viral spam
Thursday August 14, 2003
It seems virus writers and black hat hackers have found paying careers in the spam business. MSNBC's Bob Sullivan reports on this alarming trend and the consequences it has for ... Read More
Blaster Worm Resources
Monday August 11, 2003
Aliases: Lovsan, MSBlast, Poza, and Blaster.
Exploit: A critical flaw in Microsoft software affecting Microsoft IIS, Windows 2000, Windows NT, and Windows XP.
Details of Vulnerability/Patch Details
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Vigilante Hacker Gets Wink and Nod from FBI
Wednesday August 6, 2003
We live in a world where good and bad are often subjective, open to interpretations dependent upon which side of the fence you're on. Such is the case with Unknownuser, ... Read More
Mimail Worm
Saturday August 2, 2003
The Mimail worm is a mass-mailing email worm arriving in an email carrying the message.zip attachment . Contained within the .zip file is message.html which carries an embedded executable that ... Read More
Feds Issue Second Warning: Exploits Detected
Friday August 1, 2003
The CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) has issued a second advisory regarding critical vulnerabilities affecting a wide range of Windows platforms. According to CERT/CC, reports of widespread scanning and exploitation have ... Read More