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  • Sober worm hits new heights

    The Sober.P worm is circulating the Internet in greater quantities than ever, according to antivirus company Sophos.

  • Experts: Sober time bomb under control

    The Sober attack expected later this week is unlikely to have much effect on company systems, antivirus experts predicted.

  • Sober worm now 4 percent of all e-mail

    One in every 22 e-mails circulating the Internet on Wednesday contained the latest version of the Sober worm, according to latest statistics from a UK antivirus company.

  • Sober worm makes a comeback

    Virus writers have resurrected the Sober worm with a new variant that is spreading quickly over the Internet, according to security experts on Tuesday afternoon.

  • Virus preys on World Cup ticket rush

    A variant of the Sober virus was discovered on Monday that attempts to fool people into executing its payload by pretending to be an e-mail from soccer world governing body FIFA offering free tickets to the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

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  • Sober.d prevention and cure

    What appears to be yet another Microsoft security patch for the MyDoom worm is actually a computer virus. Sober.d (w32.sober.d@mm, also known as Roca.a) is the fourth member of the Sober mass-mailing virus family written in Visual Basic.

  • Internet Lockdown: quick security overview

    Internet Lockdown, a new book by Tim Crothers, covers security for systems, networks, and applications as well as the Internet.

  • Hackers: Under the hood

    Mudge, Kevin Mitnick, Adrian Lamo, Jericho and Raven Alder speak to ZDNet Australia about the making of a hacker.

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