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ISPs asked to help clean up Sober worm

ISPs asked to help clean up Sober wormthey should send 2 CDs to help themA linux distribution, and an AOL cd.Seriously a typical windows user may not even know he is infected. They should have blocked network access completely when infected systems' traffic started suspicious activity, then tell the...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Sober worm, Internet, Internet Service Provider, America Online Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-01-09

Sober worm stalls MSN, Hotmail

Sober worm stalls MSN, HotmailHahaha Are you kidding me, you trust MSFT with your data?Anyone tired of being a glutton for punishment yet? if you depend on Microsoft to run your PC, serve your email and protect your data, then you deserve all that is coming to you, or...

Tags: E-mail providers, MSN, MSN Hotmail, e-mail, Google Gmail, Microsoft Corp., Sober worm

Discussion threads 2005-12-02

Sober worm impersonates high-tech cops

Sober worm impersonates high-tech copsWhy Haven't They Used WhiteHouse.gov Yet?Lord knows, they've spoofed almost every other web address looking for "authenticity"...Just exactly......WHAT constitutes an "illegal" web site anyway?That cracked me up too.I also found it amusing that I was getting the same e-mail from both the CIA and the FBI....

Tags: Sober worm, Lord

Discussion threads 2005-11-30

Sober worm offshoot trades on Paris Hilton, FBI

Sober worm offshoot trades on Paris Hilton, FBIPoor Paris strikes again!!!Well Jezumuboob! This poor girl has become a hooker in every sense: she's even a digital one now! How far away is Paris ever from a scene which somehow includes lewdness, kinkiness, or sluttiness? She has been burned into the...

Tags: Federal government, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, FBI, worm, virus, e-mail, CIA, SOBER WORM OFFSHOOT, Sober worm, Hilton Hotels Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-11-22

Sober worm offshoot lurks behind class photo

Sober worm offshoot lurks behind class photo*sigh* ... same old, "same old"Fot those of you who haven't figured it out by now, I'll tell you:A file with the extension '.exe' is NOT a picture. Nor will a jpg usually ever come in a '.zip' file (it is ALREADY compressed.Learn...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Operating systems, Viruses and worms, ONLY WIndows, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., SOBER WORM OFFSHOOT, computer science, worm, e-mail, Sober worm

Discussion threads 2005-10-06

Sober worm hits new heights

Sober worm hits new heightsGosh, about this here:[i]"The worm turned off Symantec's antivirus protection and Microsoft's Windows XP firewall on infected machines."[/i]Such a thing has NEVER happened to one of my Linux or FreeBSD boxes. All you MS shills care to guess why?Neither do Imy boxes aren't infected neither,...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Outlook, Cyberthreats, Linux, Microsoft Windows, flaw, Sober worm

Discussion threads 2005-05-09

Sober worm makes a comeback

Sober worm makes a comebackAAAH IT'S TIMES LIKE THIS.......THAT I LOVE BEING A Mac user!!!!!HA!I FOOKIN LOVE IT!Serious Question ya'll. Really I mean, it I got a serious questionHas this worm got more variations than any others from the past? Also has anyone seen if it or one...

Tags: Linux, Cyberthreats, Operating systems, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Sober worm, virus, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2005-05-06

Sober worm is in 79% of all infected e-mails

Antivirus company Sophos claims the Sober worm now accounts for one in every 22 emails. The mass-mailing worm, which has been reported in 40 countries after first appearing on Monday, now accounts for 79% of all viruses the company is seeing.

Tags: Viruses and worms, Sober worm, e-mail

Blog posts 2005-05-04

Sober worm is in 79% of all infected e-mails

Antivirus company Sophos claims the Sober worm now accounts for one in every 22 emails. The mass-mailing worm, which has been reported in 40 countries after first appearing on Monday, now accounts for 79% of all viruses the company is seeing.

Tags: Viruses and worms, Sober worm, e-mail

Blog posts 2005-05-04

Sober worm spreads like wildfire

Sober worm spreads like wildfireThese headlines will continue.And you sheep have brought it upon yourselves.And Ford just teamed up with Gates for a crashproof car.. can you even imagine? The only thing I see happening is a crash.. TWICE.http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-05-01-microsoft-cars_x.htmI thought E-Mail viruses were a thing of the past.Didn't ZDNet...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Patches, virus, security, e-mail virus, Microsoft Corp., Sober worm

Discussion threads 2005-05-03

Sober worm variant makes the rounds

Sober worm variant makes the roundsClam AVLooks like Clam AV has their signatures updated to catch this. Freshclam to the rescue!3 steps to avoid this . . .1) Use an antivirus with an email scanner, and keep it updated.2) Use spam filtering software.3) Never open attachments!It's not that difficult ....

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, e-mail, operating system, Sober worm

Discussion threads 2005-05-03

Sober worm makes a comeback

Sober worm makes a comebackThank Goodness For Thunderbird And LinuxHmm..only affects Microsuck systems?Who'da thunk it?I love opening unknown zip file attachments though!I also enjoy playing Russian Roulette with a bullet in every chamber. You'd have to be just that brain dead to open those files. But my AV...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, virus, Linux, Microsoft Windows, worm, Sober worm

Discussion threads 2005-04-19

Sober worm variant shimmies

Sober worm variant shimmiesWell that explains it!Americans English speaking folks aren't as interested in sex because we are to busy working 12-18 hour days 6 days a week to pay taxes. Sorry a little disgruntled this morning...What Operating Systems Does It Affect Again?Oh yeah....NOT LINUX!!!Microsoft Sucks.Idiotic Ballmer Quote Of The...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Linux, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Operating systems, e-mail, SpyBot, operating system, virus, Microsoft Windows, Steve Ballmer, trojan horse, Sober worm

Discussion threads 2004-11-19

Additional Resources

News to know: Intel; Oracle; Microhoo; iPhone; Online video

Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: Remote code execution through Intel CPU bugs Nate McFeters: Symantec says Microsoft Access ActiveX attacks to increase Robin Harris: FTP: untrustworthy file transfer Dennis Howlett: Enterprise 2.0 looking more like 1.0? Dana Blankenhorn:...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Oracle Corp., Online Video, Video, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., 3G, Corporate Communications, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-15

XSS worm at Justin.tv infects 2,525 profiles

XSS worm at Justin.tv infects 2,525 profilesThe virus is impossible to findI see that they needed a proof of concept argument to have it studied then fixed.All computer problems stem from virus.Re: The virus is impossible to findXSS worms propagate using a site-specific vulnerability to do so. Fixing the vulnerability...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, XSS worm, XSS, worm, PoC

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

XSS worm at Justin.tv infects 2,525 profiles

A XSS worm was crawling across Justin.tv, the popular lifecasting platform at the end of June, details of the incident emerged in the middle of last week. Basically, the group that found the XSS vulnerability abused it for the purpose of generating the following graph as a proof of concept,...

Tags: Vulnerability, XSS, Worm, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-14

Best Apple App Store apps

Best Apple App Store appsNot a buyer but am a developerI'm working on a new 3G app called 'Rose Garden'. It gives any i-based phone user the chance to grow a host of flowers and fruits including the traditional long-stem rose variety... the object is to somehow find a...

Tags: 3G, WIRELESS, App Store, ebook reader, Apple App Store app, Apple App Store, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

Dude, now is not the day to upgrade to iPhone 2.0 software

Dude, now is not the day to upgrade to iPhone 2.0 softwareYeah, show Apple how upset you are!!Refuse to buy the iPhone for a week, and then buy it. That'll show Apple!And you wonder why Apple treats you all so poorly.Never be on the Internet with anything USB plugged inMy...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Apple iPhone, iPhone 2.0, iPhone Activation Server, iPhone Activation, Dude, Apple Inc., software

Discussion threads 2008-07-11

Open Discussion: Software firewalls

Open Discussion: Software firewallsRE: Open Discussion: Software firewallsI use both Windows Firewall in Vista and the built in hardware firewall in my router. I just don't see the need for a resource hungry, third party solution any more when the built in firewall in Windows does an admirable job.Fire ...

Tags: Firewalls, Network security, SECURITY, software, firewall, Network Address Translation, NAT Router, Microsoft Windows Firewall

Discussion threads 2008-07-11

News to know: iPhone; DNS patch; Online privacy; VMware; Vista

Notable headlines: Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: A Modest Privacy Proposal Richard Koman: Congress looks at next-gen ad networks Techmeme: iPhone reviews Matthew Miller: MSM Apple iPhone reviews are up and may just have saved me some cash ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, DNS, Online Privacy, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., HP iPAQ 910, 3G, Domain Names, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-09