Within days of the original ILOVEYOU virus infection that took place two years ago, some 40 ILOVEYOU variants circulated on the Internet, now Klez copycats are doing the same.
Going beyond popular hacker stereotypes, Symantec's Sarah Gordon says cyber-rebels aren't evil--they're just misunderstood.
Sony BMG Music Entertainment said on Friday that it will suspend production of CDs with copy-protection technology that has been exploited by virus writers to try to hide their malicious code on PCs.
Antivirus companies are releasing tools this week to identify, and in some cases remove, copy protection software contained on recent Sony BMG Music Entertainment CDs. The software has been identified as a potential security risk.
The EMI Group is reviewing a request by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to allow reverse engineering of its digital rights management (DRM) software, EMI said on Friday.
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With the settlement Monday of its long-simmering patent dispute with InterTrust Technologies, Microsoft has cleared away legal concerns that have been looming over many of its most important plans.
The arrest of Jeffrey Lee Parson, the 18-year-old thought to be responsible for the spread of the Blaster worm, has once again sparked off the debate into how virus writers should be punished.
A year on, and the company's US$1 million tip-off program has nabbed just one (alleged) virus writer. Is it a bust?
For five years Marek Strihavka programmed computer viruses, and now he's the main developer of an antivirus system. In an interview, he explains why virus writers are crucial to online security.
From the reaction to Friday's column --in which I kiddingly called for death to virus writers--it's easy to tell who has had to deal with viruses and who hasn't. People who've spent hours, even days, undoing the work of these computer terrorists, whose crimes inflict tremendous damage on people they can't possibly know, seem to appreciate my viewpoint more than most.
"Hi! How are you? I send you this file in order to have your advice See you later. Thanks"--Text of e-mail message that accompanies files spreading the W32.Sircam.worm@mm virus.
Viruses may be on the decline this year, but other threats--like Trojan horses and spyware--are on the rise. We tell you how these pests work--and how to protect your system from harm.
Virus writers are merging spam, phishing and Trojan programs to develop more complex attacks on the unwary.
New technology such as MP3s may soon be used as vectors for viruses, a security expert has warned.
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