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Malware: Archive: February 2003 

War Threat Threaded to Digital Attacks?

Digital attacks against the U.S., UK and Italy rise, as those against France decline, while the UK also finds e-commerce security risks.

By Robyn Greenspan  |  February 28, 2003

Tackling Software Piracy an Uphill Battle

Authorities seize $10 million worth of counterfeited software in a New York City bust, but the fight to squash piracy appears a losing cause.

By Ryan Naraine  |  February 28, 2003

Virus Alert: Worm Uses IRC Server to Launch DDoS Attacks

A memory-resident worm that spreads via popular file-sharing networks and network shared drives connects to an Internet Relay Chat server, allowing its remote user to launch a Distributed Denial of Service attack.

By eSecurityPlanet Staff  |  February 28, 2003

Virus Alert: Gibe Virus Variant Gathers Email Addresses

A new variant of the Gibe virus impersonates a Microsoft Security Update email.

By eSecurityPlanet Staff  |  February 27, 2003

Virus Alert: Spreading the Lovgate

Two new strains of the Lovgate worm were reported Wednesday by security companies.

By eSecurityPlanet Staff  |  February 26, 2003

Four Ways To Reduce Spam

You can do it yourself, have your ISP filter it, use software to blacklist it, or hire a third-party to try and stem the flow of spam. Learn what some small businesses are doing to keep unwanted e-mail out and important messages coming in, without wasting IT staff time and resources.

By Adam Stone  |  February 25, 2003

Virus Alert: Lovgate Continues to Proliferate

Antivirus software vendors on Tuesday again were issuing alerts for Lovgate.C, the new variant of the LovGate virus.

By eSecurityPlanet Staff  |  February 25, 2003

Realtime Black-hole Lists: Heroic Spam Fighters or Crazed Vigilantes?

In the continually escalating and increasingly frustrating battle against spam, email administrators are resorting to increasingly draconian measures. Carla Schroder reports on one such measure, the use of Realtime Black-hole Lists (RBLs) to head off spam before it ever reaches your mailserver.

By Carla Schroder  |  February 24, 2003

Virus Alert: New Lovgate Variant Using 'Social Engineering' Trick

A variant of the Lovgate virus that first appeared last week is being detected by several vendors. This new strain mimicks an autoreply message where it attaches itself.

By eSecurityPlanet Staff  |  February 24, 2003

Virus Update: Worm Spreading 'Religion'

A worm programmed attempting to spread through MSN and Kazaa launches a DDoS attack to pre-configured sites, according to security vendor F-Secure.

By eSecurityPlanet Staff  |  February 21, 2003

Virus Update: Lovgate Worm Still Out

Several vendors were still issuing alerts Thursday for the W32/Lovgate-A worm that appeared earlier this week.

By eSecurityPlanet Staff  |  February 21, 2003

E-Mail Coalition Announces False-Positive Forum

The NAI's new e-mail group will gather anecdotal information from consumers whose legitimate messages have been blocked by over-aggressive e-mail filters.

By Brian Morrissey  |  February 19, 2003

Virus Update: Backdoor Trojan Rated Low Threat

A backdoor Trojan that gives an attacker unauthorized access to your computer and modifies your system registry is a minor threat, according to Symantec.

By eSecurityPlanet Staff  |  February 19, 2003

Virus Update: Pac on the Attack

A new peer-to-peer worm copies itself to shared folders of popular P2P clients.

By eSecurityPlanet Staff  |  February 18, 2003

Virus Alert: Worm Doubles As Backdoor Program

Antivirus software vendors on Thursday were issuing a low level alert for Worm_GOOL.A, aka W32/Gool.worm. This malware has the characteristics of both a worm and a backdoor program.

By eSecurityPlanet Staff  |  February 14, 2003

White House Finally Debuts Cybersecurity Plan

National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace calls for voluntary participation by private sector to share network vulnerability information.

By Roy Mark  |  February 14, 2003

Virus Alert: Macro Virus Targets 2 Specific Dates

A macro virus that infects Microsoft Word documents executes malicious commands on the 18th and 22nd of each month, according to anti-virus vendor Symantec.

By eSecurityPlanet Staff  |  February 14, 2003

Dangerous Mix -- Increased Threat, Less Security Spending

Just as the network security industry braces for a rough year, IT managers are backing off security spending -- making for a dangerous mix of circumstances, according to industry analysts.

By Sharon Gaudin  |  February 13, 2003

Virus Alert: Mass-Mailing Worm Causing Headaches

A mass-mailing worm written in C++ attempts to delete all files on an infected computer, Symantec reports.

By eSecurityPlanet Staff  |  February 12, 2003

Banking on Fear?

Software security firms are ramping up the marketing of early detection and warning systems for Internet attacks but one analyst dismisses the notion of cyber-terrorism as 'hogwash.'

By Ryan Naraine  |  February 12, 2003

Can the Spam, Say Office Workers

A recent two-part survey finds that 9 out of 10 Americans who access e-mail at work want Congress to enforce the elimination of spam e-mail.

By Gretchen Hyman  |  February 12, 2003

Virus Alert: New Worm Spreads Through KaZaA, IRC

Anti-virus developer Panda Software reports the appearance of Kazoa.C, alias Gool, a new worm/Trojan programmed in Delphi that spreads through the popular file-sharing application KaZaA and the chat program IRC.

By eSecurityPlanet Staff  |  February 11, 2003

Virus Alert: Mass Mailing VBS Virus a Low Risk

Trend Micro is reporting the appearance of VBS_CIAN.C, a Visual Basic Script virus that arrives as a .DOC or .XLS attachment on email.

By eSecurityPlanet Staff  |  February 10, 2003

Virus Alert: Waterworks Worm Overwrites Files

Two worms were reported in the wild Thursday by security companies.

By eSecurityPlanet Staff  |  February 07, 2003

Virus Alert: Trojan Has Malicious Capabilities

An IRC-based Trojan reported Friday by anti-virus software vendor Symantec allows a malicious user to access a compromised/infected computer without a user's knowledge.

By eSecurityPlanet Staff  |  February 07, 2003

Study Shows Security Market Doubling By 2006

The IT security market is expected to more than double between 2001 and 2006, according to a new report just released by industry analyst group International Data Corp.

By Sharon Gaudin  |  February 06, 2003

Problematic Windows NT Patch Pulled

At a time when sysadmins are being scolded for not patching their systems, Microsoft pulls a security patch for NT 4.0 systems, admitting it introduces an error that may cause systems to crash.

By Ryan Naraine  |  February 05, 2003

Virus Alert: Backdoor CHCP Discovered

A backdoor Trojan written in Visual Basic programming language deploys the Windows Notepad icon in an attempt to deceive users into believing it is a real Notepad text editor.

By eSecurityPlanet Staff  |  February 05, 2003

Microsoft Issues 'Critical' IE Patch

Another 'critical' cumulative patch is issued for Internet Explorer versions 5.01, 5.5, 6.0.

  • Problematic Windows NT Patch Pulled

    • By Ryan Naraine  |  February 05, 2003

    Virus Alert: Troj/Slanret Seeks Hidden System Privileges

    A Trojan reported in the wild Tuesday may be used as a driver component by another application to gain unauthorized shared stealth access to the target computer.

    By eSecurityPlanet Staff  |  February 04, 2003

    The Perennial Problem with Patches

    Patches cannot be relied upon to deliver effective front-line security because they simply aren't applied in a consistent, effective and timely fashion. Organizations instead should rely on security event management.

    By Phil Hollows  |  February 04, 2003

    Virus Update: Low-Threat VB Worm Affecting IE

    A Visual Basic worm that distributes through Microsoft Outlook and Internet Relay Chat modifies the home page of Internet Explorer, according to security company Trend Micro.

    By eSecurityPlanet Staff  |  February 03, 2003

    Study Shows 82% Vulnerability Increase in 2002

    In the wake of the Slammer attack, a new report reveals that network administrators had to deal with nearly 82% more vulnerabilities last year than the year before.

    By Sharon Gaudin  |  February 03, 2003