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Analyst Hopes Zotob Arrests Will Curb Worm Attacks

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Although law enforcement officials have arrested two men they believe wrote the Mytob and Zotob worms, one security expert said there may not be much enterprises can do to stop such infections from striking again. “There’s little to learn,” Mikko Hypponen, director of antivirus research, F-Secure, told TechNewsWorld about the lessons of the malware attacks.…

New Trojan Tries to Leap From Phone to PC

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Antivirus experts have found a virus that can move from mobile phones to computers, but analysts say the bug is neither very dangerous nor very sophisticated. The Trojan, called CARDTRP.A or Sybos/Cardtrap.A by different antivirus vendors, is rated as a low risk by Trend Micro. F-Secure calls it “unremarkable” except that it runs on the…

Security Firms Warn of Looming Sober Worm Threat

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The New Year may bring yet another threat from the Sober family of worms, according to security researchers who say a recently discovered variant of the worm contains code that could unleash a new round of attacks on Jan. 5, 2006. Security firm iDefense, which is owned by VeriSign, said a variant of Sober found…

Mobile Phone Viruses: What Have We Learned?

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Bob Graham doesn’t wait for a threat to become a pandemic. Several years ago, when one of his employees decided to start using a Treo handheld for phone and e-mail, he purchased and installed Symantec anti-virus software on the device — even though there had never been a documented case of a virus hitting the…

Attack Vulnerability Worries Windows Users

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

It’s not exactly a happy new year for millions of PC users exposed to a Microsoft Windows flaw that leaves the door wide open for hackers, Trojans, worms, spyware and other malicious attacks. F-Secure first reported the zero-day vulnerability on Dec. 27. Microsoft does not plan to issue a patch until Jan. 10. In the…

Microsoft’s WMF Headaches Continue

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Microsoft is downplaying newly reported bugs in its Windows’ graphic rendering engine. The software giant late Monday said security vendor reports about additional Windows Metafile (WMF) flaws are actually nothing more than “performance issues.” Specifically, Symantec warned users on Monday that three new WMF vulnerabilities could allow attackers to crash and otherwise compromise computers. “An…

Symantec Removes Rootkit From Security Package

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Symantec this week released an update to Norton SystemWorks to fix a security issue that could leave a back door open for hackers: a rootkit. A rootkit is a hacker security tool that captures passwords and message traffic to and from a computer.The tool may allow a hacker access to a so-called “back door” into…

Rootkits on the Rise, McAfee Reports

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The number of malicious programs is on the rise, according to McAfee’s Avert Labs, with exponential increases in rootkits and Windows-based stealth components. In the first quarter of 2006, the number of rootkits increased by 700 percent over the year-ago period, according to McAfee. Meanwhile, the number of Windows-based stealth components dominate the landscape, with…

‘Happy New Year’ Worm Spawns Computer Zombies

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Beware of e-mails with the subject line “Happy New Year!” VeriSign is warning that the message may appear to come from a well-wisher but actually contains a worm that could invade your computer and use it for malicious purposes. The Happy New Year worm is being heavily spammed at a rate of five e-mails per…

Etiket: F-Secure