Rapidly released variants of the Bagle worm have been reported worldwide. Over the past weekend, variants D, E, F, and G were discovered, with Bagle.H appearing on March 1, ... Read More

A new variant of the Bagle worm was discovered on February 27, 2004. Bagle.C is a mass-mailing email worm with remote access capabilities. Not only does the worm expose infected ... Read More

Time to make sure your antivirus software is up to date. The latest discovery, Netsky.C, seemed to get a headstart on infections after it began spreading this morning. Full Story

A mass-mailing email worm that also spreads via mapped network drives, MyDoom.F contains a malicious payload, a backdoor component, and a Denial or Service attack targeting both Microsoft and the ... Read More

Last week three new vulnerabilities were discovered in the latest Linux kernel which could allow an attacker to elevate their privileges on the machine and execute programs as the root ... Read More

BitDefender developers have unveiled a new antivirus product for the leading enterprise messaging solution from IBM. The release is targeted at large enterprise customers. The product will be demonstrated at ... Read More

A new threat, Nesky.B, has been discovered in-the-wild. Netsky.B not only spreads via email, it also spreads across P2P networks and mapped network drives. Full Story

A new variant of the Bagle worm has been discovered. Bagle.B is not only a mass-mailing email worm - it also sets up a backdoor on infected users' PCs and ... Read More

The Israeli National News has reported that an advanced weapons system dubbed the Arrow ABM System has been compromised by a Trojan. The Arrow ABM System is a joint missile ... Read More

Kenneth Bechtel of Team Anti-Virus, AVIEN founding member, and WildList reporter took time out of his busy schedule to put together the Ten Rules of Common Sense Computing and virus ... Read More

19-year-old female virus writer Gigabyte was arrested by Belgian authorities on Monday, February 9th. Charged with computer data sabatoge, Gigabyte could serve as much as 3 years in prison. She ... Read More

Allegedly, Belgian officials have confirmed that the rather notorious female virus author, Gigabyte, was arrested by Belgian police a few days ago. According to the report, Gigabyte was held overnight ... Read More

Is it a Trojan or a worm? That's the question antivirus vendors are debating this morning and there's plenty of disagreement on all sides. Antivirus vendor Sophos believes the newly discovered ... Read More

A new variant of the Welchi worm tries to force patches onto infected users' systems, overwrites various files on certain systems with a politically-themed message, and then tries to exonerate ... Read More

An extremely critical security patch has been released by Microsoft. The flaw impacts Windows XP, Windows NT workstation and server, Windows 2000, and Windows 2003 Server. The 64-bit edition of ... Read More

The LURHQ Threat Intelligence Group has uncovered a new variant of MyDoom. Dubbed Doomjuice or MyDoom.C depending on the vendor, this new worm spreads to systems already infected with MyDoom.A, ... Read More

Dubbed Vesser or Deadhat depending on the vendor, a new Trojan seeks out MyDoom infected users, replacing that infection with a backdoor of its own. Deadhat/Vesser seeks out infected systems ... Read More

On the 20th of February, antivirus vendor Sophos is opening up new digs. The 145,000 sq ft glass, steel, and brick building boasts extensive visitor and training facilities, a roof ... Read More

An Open Letter to US CERTUS CERT is a newly formed partnership between the Department of Homeland Security's National Cyber Security Division and the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) run by Carnegie Mellon ... Read More

Microsoft has released MS04-004, a cumulative security update for Internet Explorer that addresses a long-awaited patch resolving the URL obfuscation vulnerability first discovered in December 2003. The vulnerability allowed specially ... Read More

In what amounts to a virtual TKO, the MyDoom worm knocked down both the www.sco.com site as well as their sister site, www.caldera.com. Strangely enough, The SCO Group seemed to ... Read More