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- University of Washington Medicine Thwarts 803,000 Zotob Attacks in Week-Long Attack at World-Renown Medical Center
- At University of Washington Medicine UW Medicine, delivering world-class patient care involves more than the expertise of its nearly 1,000 physicians. It also requires a healthy network - one safe from hackers, worms, viruses, and spyware that can compromise the performance of the organization's life-critical applications or the federally mandated...
- Tags: Patient, Network, Zotob Worm, University Of Washington, 3Com Corp., Attack, Intrusion Prevention, Networking, Security
- Case studies
- A Case Study on Malware and the 'Zotob Worm'
- The name 'Malware' describes any computer software that has the intent to perform an action on a host computer without the owners consent. This may be an attempt to infiltrate the security, cause data loss or return information to the author. Spyware is designed for commercial gain of the author....
- Tags: Zotob Worm, Author, Malware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Spyware, Web Site Development, Security, Internet
- White papers 2006-02-18
- young criminals... what a cybershame
- So, it looks like they arrested a couple young men who were suspected of creating both the Mytob and Zotob worms: http://techrepublic.com.com/2100-1009_11-5843583.html It's hard to believe that an 18-yr old (Farid Essebar, a Moroccan national born in Russia) and a 21-yr old (Atilla Ekici, a Turkish resident) could be responsible...
- Tags: Zotob Worm, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2005-08-29
- TechRepublic Pro Podcast: Zotob Arrests, Source Code Convictions And Windows Vista News
- In this podcast, commentator Michael Jackman covers arrests in the Zotob worm outbreak, new challenges facing security professionals because of new browsers, Windows Vista news, as well as charges that have been filed as a result of someone selling Windows source code. This download is an exclusive for TechRepublic Pro...
- Tags: Zotob Worm, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Podcasts, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Internet
- Download resources 2005-09-09
- Cisco Security Agent Helps Westinghouse Thwart Zotob and Other Day Zero Attacks
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation, part of the Nuclear Utilities Business Group of British Nuclear Fuels BNFL is a provider of nuclear plant products and services to utilities around the globe. Westinghouse Electric Company wanted to safeguard the company against both known and unknown "Day zero" network threats. The challenge was to...
- Tags: Agent, Zotob Worm, Cisco Systems Inc., Workforce, Attack, Real Estate, Business Operations
- Case studies 2005-09-01
- TechRepublic Pro Podcast: Novell's continuing Linux march, Zotob, Mac OS X security
- In this installment of the TechProGuild Podcast, Commentator Michael Jackman covers Novell's continuing move to Linux, impacts from the Zotob and RBot worms, and security updates for Mac OS X, as well as other IT News.
- Tags: Security, Novell Inc., Apple Macintosh, Zotob Worm, Apple Mac OS X, Podcasts, Apple Mac OS, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Internet
- Download resources 2005-08-22
- Burt Rosen - Software News & Views
- blog rootWelcome to my Blog.I have been a software developer for over 30 years. As a developer, I have developed custom software and packaged software products. As part of my development responsibilities, I have been responsible for user training, and I am experienced at doing one on one as well...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Web site development, Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Patches, PC-cillin, burt@..., pc-Cillin, Software New, software, Zotob worm, Web site
- Discussion threads 2005-08-19
- Zotob suspect appears in Moroccan court
- Reuters reported yesterday that "a Moroccan magistratequestioned an 18-year-old science student in court on Tuesday about his allegedrole in unleashing computer worms that disrupted networks across the UnitedStates last month."
- Tags: Moroccan, Zotob worm
- Blog posts 2005-09-14
- Flawed code throttled spread of Zotob variants
- Sloppy workHow ironic that sloppy code lead to a vulnerability, then sloppy code lead to a malformed virus. Makes me wonder if someone in Redmond wrote that version. :)its no surprise, and we'll probably see worse varientsBack when CodeRed / Nimda was all the rage... I said (as I'm...
- Tags: ChewyBass, IP, security, server, serverS, worm, Zotob worm
- Discussion threads 2005-08-22
- Microsoft offers Zotob removal tool
- Download from Microsoft and IEI was suprised yesterday when I browsed over to MS site, the update download requires IE. It did not allow the use offirefox, which is my favorite "use always except ..." browser.I expected only IE could be used.OkeyM, No doubt about it, as this...
- Tags: browser, download, microsoft, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Offers, OkeyM, security, tool, update, Zotob worm
- Discussion threads 2005-08-19
- Zotob worm hits Windows users
- If your organization uses Windows, you should have patched the critical vulnerabilities that were outlined in last week's security bulletins. According to Trend Micro, a new worm--called Zotob--exploits one of these vulnerabilities (MS05-039), and it can infect Windows 95, 98, ME, NE, 2000, and XP faster than previous computer worms.If...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, relay, security, Sonja Thompson, virus, vulnerabilities, windows, workstation, worm, zotob, Zotob worm
- Discussion threads 2005-08-15
- Microsoft releases three critical security bulletins for August
- update on 039There has already been a updates on at least two of the critical bulletins.MS05-039, the plug-'n-play threat, wasn't updated in the bulletin but MS has sent out a notice that an exploit for Windows 2000 systems has now been seen in the wild.Yet another MS Security Advisory Notification...
- Tags: bulletin, CNN, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000, MS05-039, ms05-039 update, security, Tech Locksmith, virus, windows, zotob, Zotob worm
- Discussion threads 2005-08-15
Additional Resources
- NEW WORM Question
- Hi I have a question for you guys if ever my computer is hit by this new worm that you have posted will this be cured if I just reinstall everything or will it leave a trace on my hardisk that even repartition, format and reinstalling everything cant be a...
- Tags: firewall, jonathan_salahid@..., PC, security, trojan horse, virus, worm
- Q&A 2005-08-18
- Combating W32.Zotob.E and W32.Esbot.A
- W32.Zotob.E and W32.Esbot.A are new worms that exploit a Microsoft vulnerability (MS05-039) announced last on August 9, 2005. These worms are the most significant of a series of threats targeting unpatched Windows systems, primarily Windows 2000. There has been widespread impact noted across the Internet and inside both large and...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Security, Software
- Webcasts
- IM worm installs 'safe' Web browser
- Did the worm get lucky that night?I see that one of the machines at Facetime was "hit on" by the worm.I was just wondering if the machine went home with the worm or if the worm had the same luck I do when I hit on a prospect?
- Tags: worm, worm dating tips, jjourard, security, IM, Web browser, IM Worm
- Discussion threads 2006-05-24
- Kama Sutra worm threat shrivels
- Dodging the WormI got the alert about the Kama Sutra Worm on the 3rd of February. As usual, I visited the sites of some antivirus companies to garner more information.I was surprised when Norton appeared not to talk about it. Could it be that they already had an...
- Tags: 3RD, eoadudanso@..., Kama Sutra worm, Kama Sutra worm threat, security, worm
- Discussion threads 2006-02-06
- This worm wishes you a Happy New Year
- A worm that won’t make a happy start of a new yearA new worm is making its way around the Internet attached to an e-mail message with the title "Happy New Year." Like many Trojans, the "Happy New Year" worm is not recognized by all virus scanners, s
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Sonja Thompson, worm, Happy New Year
- Discussion threads 2007-01-02
- Nimda Worm - Why is it Different?
- On September 18, 2001 a number of sites noticed greatly increased traffic on port 80. This was the first indication of a new worm or virus spreading throughout the Internet. The Nimda worm spread very rapidly infecting a large number of computers around the world in a very short period...
- Tags: Nimda Worm, Viruses And Worms, Security
- White papers 2002-11-11
- VACCINE: War of the Worms in Wired and Wireless Networks
- The highlight of worm outbreaks in 2004 was a new phenomenon called 'War of the Worms' between NetSky, Bagle and MyDoom worm variants. Their aftermaths caused the record-high of 12 outbreaks in first quarter alone. This war created complex interactions among worms. This paper tries to answer following questions: how...
- Tags: Vaccine, Wired Inc., Network, Worm, Wireless Network, Wireless, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- White papers 2005-08-03
- Worm tries to entice with 'lov ya' message
- PatheticYou know, as pathetic as this latest worm sounds, there will still be those who get rooked by it.Here's hoping Yahoo has shut down or co-opted the site's address so that users get halted with a "The attachment was a worm/virus/Trojan."
- Tags: Cyberthreats
- Discussion threads 2005-02-23
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