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Benjamin Johnstone-Anderson, Microsoft MVP - Windows Security

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Daily Update -- Thursday, October 6th, 2005
New Sober variant out there but not major, and an Internet outage sparks fears...
Posted: Oct 06 2005, 09:04 PM by trafton | with 5 comment(s)
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Zotob Authors Nabbed
Duo that authored several notable worms caught in Morroco and Turkey...
Posted: Aug 26 2005, 06:35 PM by trafton | with 1 comment(s)
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Retrospective Zotob Articles
With Zotob having slowed down, a look back with trio of notable articles...
Posted: Aug 25 2005, 12:20 PM by trafton | with 2 comment(s)
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Zotob - Slowing Down
Slow down in Zotob spread...
Posted: Aug 17 2005, 10:55 PM by trafton | with 1 comment(s)
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Looking more at Plug N' Play worms and Zotob
A closer look at the new PNP worms...
Posted: Aug 17 2005, 01:45 PM by trafton | with 1 comment(s)
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Zotob.E (IRCBot) Outbreak News Round-Up
Round-up of information about the new Zotob.E outbreak...
Posted: Aug 16 2005, 05:44 PM by trafton
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Anti-Santy: Near Death?
Three o'clock and all's well - Anti-Santy dies down...
Posted: Jan 02 2005, 03:39 AM by trafton | with 3 comment(s)
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Follow-Up: Anti-Santy Worm
Anti-Santy appears to be limited in spread, with details sparse...
Posted: Jan 01 2005, 07:07 PM by trafton | with 332 comment(s)
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Bagle.AZ 24 Hours Later
Bagle.AZ not as widespread as initially thought...
Posted: Sep 29 2004, 08:05 PM by trafton | with 7 comment(s)
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Spread of Mydoom.M Slows
Some companies downgrade threat following fairly sharp decrease in spread...
Posted: Jul 31 2004, 09:13 PM by trafton | with 9 comment(s)
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Spread of New MyDoom Quite High; Google Hit
Google search engine knocked down by querying worm...
Posted: Jul 26 2004, 07:19 PM by trafton | with 7 comment(s)
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Bagle.AI Spread More than First Estimated
VirusTotal reports a higher spread of new Bagle variant than known...
Posted: Jul 19 2004, 09:32 PM by trafton | with 338 comment(s)
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"Wallon" Correction and Additions
Wallon is only a mass-mailing worm, not an LSASS-exploiting worm...
Posted: May 11 2004, 12:02 PM by trafton | with 1 comment(s)
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Netsky.AC May Be Widespread
Sophos reports extensive spread of Netsky.AC; Monday a question mark...
Posted: May 02 2004, 04:47 PM by trafton | with 5 comment(s)
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Outbreak Warning Declared For Sasser.B
BREAKING NEWS: Added Outbreak Warning for Sasser.B I have added an outbreak warning for W32/Sasser.worm.b. This reflects Symantec's upgrade to High a few minutes ago.
Posted: May 02 2004, 11:56 AM by trafton | with 1 comment(s)
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Symantec Goes High on Sasser.B
Sasser.B goes high risk at Symantec...
Posted: May 02 2004, 11:39 AM by trafton | with 21 comment(s)
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Sasser.B Goes Medium
New Sasser raised in risk due to increased spread...
Posted: May 02 2004, 08:18 AM by trafton | with 6 comment(s)
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Trend Micro Posts Details for W32/Sasser.worm.B
New variant features only trivial changes and is not believed to be spreading at this time...
Posted: May 01 2004, 10:55 AM by trafton | with 2 comment(s)
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F-Secure Developers: "Sasser is NOT Out of Control"
F-Secure comments on the oddly low spread of the Sasser worm...
Posted: May 01 2004, 09:41 AM by trafton | with 7 comment(s)
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Removed Outbreak Warning for Bagle.AA
Most antivirus companies consider Bagle.AA only a Medium risk, making an outbreak warning unnecessary...
Posted: Apr 30 2004, 02:42 PM by trafton | with 1 comment(s)
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