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Articles by Sharon Gaudin 

Mimail Becomes Fourth Most Damaging Virus

Even though the Mimail virus didn't achieve the threat level or the media coverage that its malicious code cohorts, Sobig and Blaster, did a few months ago, it has become the fourth most damaging virus of all times.

November 24, 2003

Spam Driving Away 25% of Emailers

Spam is taking its toll, driving 25 percent of Americans away from using email. A new report shows that people are actually using email less because they don't want to deal with the digital scourge.

November 21, 2003

Security Gurus to Schmidt: Less Talk, More Action

The security community is doubtful that the newly formed Global Council of CSOs will actually aid, or even make much of a difference to, IT managers working night and day to secure their own companies.

November 13, 2003

Will Microsoft's 'Hang 'em High' Plan Work?

The security community is reacting with both incredulity and excitement to the news that Microsoft is putting a quarter-of-a-million-dollar bounty on the heads of the virus writers behind the highly destructive Blaster and Sobig worms.

November 06, 2003

War Driving No Game to IT Managers

Cruising the streets with a laptop to scan for unsecure wireless connections is one of the latest techie crazes. But the growing popularity of 'war driving' underscores the security problems facing networks that have gone wireless.

November 05, 2003

Change of Guard in New List of Worst Viruses

Two viruses that pose as security patches issued from Microsoft have outdone malicious competitors like Klez, Bugbear and Blaster for the top two seats in October's top virus charts.

November 04, 2003

Mimail Worm, Variants, Launch DoS Attacks

Several security vendors over the weekend and Monday elevated the threat level for the Mimail worm and a number of variants that when run, infect the host computer then email themselves (using their own SMTP engine) to harvested email addresses from the victim's machine.

November 03, 2003

Worm Hitting Anti-Spam Sites with DoS Attacks

Five new variants of a mass-mailing worm are infecting computers around the globe and launching denial-of-service attacks -- some against well-known anti-spam Web sites.

November 03, 2003