Attack of the Tuxissa Virus

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Re: Virus scan attack

Re: Virus scan attack 06/21/2004 10:12 PM
Joao B. Diehl (Jun 19 2004)

Virus scan attack

Virus scan attack 06/19/2004 01:13 AM
Nate Nord (Jun 17 2004)

Web site virus attack blunted

Web site virus attack blunted 06/25/2004 03:29 PM
But is another such attack possible? Experts say yes--and warn surfers to be wary.

Google and Yahoo! Hit with Virus Attack

Google and Yahoo! Hit with Virus Attack 07/27/2004 09:26 AM
Source: Search Engine Guide - Both Google and Yahoo! suffered slow downs in their search indexes on Monday as a new virus unleashed a search worm on the popular engines....

Virus-like attack hits websites

Virus-like attack hits websites 06/25/2004 05:47 AM
Heraldsun.news.com.au - Fri Jun 25, 07:27 am GMT

Web site virus attack blunted--for now

Web site virus attack blunted--for now 06/25/2004 11:31 PM
“Netizens are no longer playing Russian Roulette each time they visit a Web site, security researchers say, now that a far-reaching Internet attack has been defanged. The attack, which had turned some Web sites into points of digital infection was nipped in the bud on Friday, when Internet engineers managed to shut down a Russian server that had been the source of malicious code for the attack. Compromised Web sites are still attempting to infect Web surfers’ PCs by referring them to the server in Russia, but that computer can no longer be reached. Still, Web surfers should still take care, as this type of attack is increasingly being used by the Internet underground as a way to get by network defenses and infect officer workers’ and home users’ computers. “

Virus continues spread, launches attack

Virus continues spread, launches attack 02/10/2004 02:47 AM

The MyDoom virus, which has been racing across the internet for the past week, continues to spread. As analysts had predicted, unremoved copies of the program began a distributed denial of service attack yesterday on the Web site for the SCO Group.

SCO has received attention for its high-profile campaign to win licensing fees from Linux users, whom, SCO argues, are using some code to which SCO claims patent ownership. The DoS attacks are coded to continue through February 12th. In the meantime, SCO has set up an alternative site .

However, the SCO attack might be a ruse, a misdirection, or only one component of a larger strategy: to set up distributed relays for sending spam .

A variant virus is also operating, and is coded to attack Microsoft's home page. Its infection rate has been minor, however.

mcafee dat corrupted? (was: Virus scan
attack)

mcafee dat corrupted? (was: Virus scan
attack) 06/22/2004 05:11 PM
Diyan Christian (Jun 21 2004)

Officials Warn of Virus-Like Attack on
Internet

Officials Warn of Virus-Like Attack on
Internet 06/28/2004 02:39 PM
Truth News Jun 28 2004 6:59PM GMT

Alert: Virus-like attack hits websites

Alert: Virus-like attack hits websites 06/25/2004 05:47 AM
News.com.au - Fri Jun 25, 07:22 am GMT

Microsoft update thwarts attack from new
virus

Microsoft update thwarts attack from new
virus 07/03/2004 05:23 AM
Seattle Times Jul 3 2004 8:13AM GMT

'High risk' virus floods internet and
attack SCO

'High risk' virus floods internet and
attack SCO 01/27/2004 05:26 AM
Silicon.com Jan 27 2004 9:53AM GMT

Google Suffering Functionality Loss
after Virus Attack?

Google Suffering Functionality Loss
after Virus Attack? 07/26/2004 04:20 PM
I've been getting some e-mails claiming that certain types of Google searches -- specifically inurl:, site:, and link: searches -- are returning errors. I find simple keyword searches work fine,...

Blaster Type Virus Attack Called
'Imminent'

Blaster Type Virus Attack Called
'Imminent' 02/17/2004 05:12 PM
Exploit code for 'critical' Windows ASN.1 flaw could lead to major network disruption. Microsoft Patches 'Critical' ASN.1 Flaw

Cabir Virus First To Attack Cell Phones
(NewsFactor)

Cabir Virus First To Attack Cell Phones
(NewsFactor) 06/15/2004 04:51 PM
NewsFactor - It was only a matter of time before virus writers turned their attention to mobile devices; indeed, experts have been predicting the emergence of a worm attacking cell-phone operating systems for the last few years.

Teen pleads guilty in online virus
attack

Teen pleads guilty in online virus
attack 08/12/2004 05:44 AM
Duluthsuperior.com - Thu Aug 12, 10:11 am GMT

Microsoft Creates Anti-Virus Bounty To
Help Track Down Virus Writers

Microsoft Creates Anti-Virus Bounty To
Help Track Down Virus Writers 11/05/2003 10:59 AM
What do you if you're in an unchartered area with no reasonable law enforcement, and criminals are running rampant? You convince everyone to become the "enforcement" arm and find someone rich enough to pay them to help fight crime. Microsoft can't be bothered to fix a few of the holes in their programs that make it incredibly easy to pass on viruses, so instead, they're setting aside $5 million for anti-virus bounty hunters who can track down anyone responsible for worms, trojan horses or viruses. The rewards will be given out in $250,000 wads of cash from Bill Gates wallet increments. So, now, who's going to round up an anti-virus posse?

""I am satisfied that I never saw any
intelligence that indicated there was
going to be an attack on America -- at a
time and a place, an attack." "

""I am satisfied that I never saw any
intelligence that indicated there was
going to be an attack on America -- at a
time and a place, an attack." " 04/13/2004 10:28 PM

Computer Virus Like Human Virus

Computer Virus Like Human Virus 05/25/2004 11:41 PM
Xposed May 26 2004 3:45AM GMT

Bagle Virus Riding on the Coattails of
Spam; Deceiving Spam and Virus Filters

Bagle Virus Riding on the Coattails of
Spam; Deceiving Spam and Virus Filters 08/12/2004 02:51 AM
Spam Inspector Software Developers Working to Stay Ahead of Bagle to Keep Users Protected [PRWEB Aug 12, 2004]

New Virus Out

New Virus Out 05/01/2004 02:41 PM

new WIN virus?

new WIN virus? 01/01/2005 04:55 AM
Atom 'Smasher' (Jan 28 2004)

"Mac OS X virus"

"Mac OS X virus" 04/09/2004 04:12 PM

New Virus, Yow

New Virus, Yow 01/26/2004 07:42 PM
This virus that’s going around trying to get you to click on a .PIF because it’s partial or has non-ASCII in it or whatever, it’s hitting my inbox harder than it’s ever been hit before. Maybe we’re watching a record being set; the mind boggles at the thought of the billions of these things that are swooshing around mailspace. The stories say the virus-hounds haven’t figured out what it does yet. Well, I can tell you one thing it does: mail itself to everyone in your address book, faking a signature from someone else in your address book. Er, maybe the world should stop using Outlook. Just a suggestion.

Virus, virus everywhere, so let me have
a Mac

Virus, virus everywhere, so let me have
a Mac 04/02/2005 04:03 PM
For a week that saw no product releases, news or comment from Cupertino, the Spymac forums certainly were buzzing with information: Tiger seems to have reached gold master; Adobe accidentally posted official details about the yet-to-be-released version of Photoshop; NYC cops warned the city against iPod thefts. Oh yeah, and that virus thing. In case you missed it, allow me to recap. Earlier this week, Henderson, Tenn.-based DVForge offered $25,0000 to anyone who could create a virus that would spread between two Power Mac G5 computers running Mac OS X Panther on or before July 31. The contest was barely up and running, however, when DVForge rescinded the offer, apparently out of fear of being sued by Apple’s increasingly trigger-happy legal team. While the inevitability of Mac viruses have always been a source of discussions, DVForge’s challenge was squarely aimed at Symantec, who made a few bold statements of its own in its recent Internet Security Threat Report. "Contrary to popular belief, the Macintosh operating system has not always been a safe haven from malicious code," Symantec said. "Out of the public eye for some time, it is now clear that the Mac OS is increasingly becoming a target for the malicious activity that is more commonly associated with Microsoft and various Unix-based operating systems," the report said. It continued: "The various OS X vulnerabilities allow attackers to carry out information disclosure, authentication bypass, code execution, privilege escalation, and DoS attacks. Symantec believes that as the popularity of Apple’s new platform continues to grow, so too will the number of attacks directed at it." Maybe it’s just me, but the possibility of something happening that may or may not be harmful to sensitive data doesn’t seem like cause for alarm. What’s more, DVForge’s claims have likely brought more attention to Symantec’s assertions than the report itself. But let’s forget that. Let's pretend the report was required reading for anyone who is considering purchasing a Mac. Does it change anything? Do any of the millions of Windows users think their computer is virus-free? And similarly, does any Mac user really believe they are completely impenetrable to attack? It’s a silly notion. And, as it has been said time and time again, most viruses start and end with the user, Don’t open strange e-mail attachments. Don’t launch applications that aren’t downloaded from reliable sites. Keep your machine updated with the latest patches. Blah, blah, blah. Besides, if Mac OS X is so perfect, why has Apple’s released so many Security Updates in recent months? But still, DVForge may be right. Perhaps none of the viruses in today’s cyberspace are nimble enough to squirrel their way into OS X’s safeguards. Or, Symantec may be right. I don’t know. I’m not a hacker. And I’d like to think no one on DVForge’s staff is either. But I do know that I feel a heck of lot safer on a Mac than on a Windows machine. And that’s not going to change with a semi-annual report. I also know that Apple has never claimed its OS to be a virus-free zone. But then again, I never experienced an infection on my IBM laptop either. In light of all this hoopla and attention, DVForge posted a new press release on its Web site yesterday, with the following coda: … put up or shut up. Show the industry your evidence that such an in-the-wild OS X virus is indeed possible. Or, publicly retract your company's previously stated position. And so it goes. If nothing else, you have to appreciate DVForge’s overwhelming faith in Mac OS X. With the imminent release of Tiger, I’m sure this will all blow over (probably without an attack on Panther), and Mac users will continue to go about their computing without a second thought to what lurks beyond their browsers. For any number of reasons, we choose to use Macs. And no report — or bounty — can take that away. Michael Simon is a freelance writer and editor, and paginator for The Times in Pawtucket, R.I. He is the author of Failed Attempt, written under the moniker of Morlium, which may be purchased for $9.99, either through the iTunes Music Store or as a full-color paperback. He can be reached for comment or inquiry by e-mail at morlium@mac.com.

Got Virus?

Got Virus? 08/27/2004 09:28 PM
WebDevInfo Aug 28 2004 0:04AM GMT

New PC virus warning

New PC virus warning 10/31/2003 10:39 PM
itv.com Oct 31 2003 9:45PM ET

Web Virus Count 2.3

Web Virus Count 2.3 01/08/2004 08:28 PM
A Perl CGI that counts the number of requests generated by viruses on a Web serv

Containing a Killer Flu Virus

Containing a Killer Flu Virus 04/14/2005 07:00 AM
Laboratories worldwide destroy samples of the 1957 Asian flu virus they received as part of a proficiency testing program. Between 1 million and 4 million people were killed by the pandemic nearly 50 years ago.

The Virus Underground

The Virus Underground 02/10/2004 02:55 AM
Young people around the world spend their Saturday nights writing fiendishly contagious computer viruses and worms. Are they artists, pranksters or techno-saboteurs?

Virus Detection

Virus Detection 02/10/2004 07:08 AM
Virus Detection
http://link.abpi.net/l.php?20040209A2

Researchers at Purdue University have developed a miniature device sensitive enough to detect a single virus particle. The device is tiny cantilever, a diving board-like beam of silicon that naturally vibrates at a specific frequency. When a virus particle weighing about one-trillionth as much as a grain of rice lands on the cantilever, it vibrates at a different frequency. The work, funded by the National Institutes of Health, is aimed at developing advanced sensors capable of detecting airborne viruses, bacteria, and other contaminants. Such sensors will have applications in areas including environmental-health monitoring in hospitals and homeland security. The next step will be to coat a cantilever with the antibodies for a specific virus. Only those virus particles would stick to the device, making it possible to create detectors sensitive to specific pathogens.

Mozilla virus?

Mozilla virus? 01/17/2004 10:42 PM

I've talked before about my dad's problems using the internet and how he's inundated with IE and Outlook Express exploits, but he surprised me today by showing me his copy of Firebird has been hijacked by something (I insisted he move to Firebird to avoid IE exploits last summer).

Here's a screenshot showing what you get if you try to go to google or yahoo in his copy of Firebird 0.61 (I'm currently downloading 0.7 for him). I've never seen anything like this before, hopefully it's not a sign of things to come.

update: I've done a bit more investigation and it's really weird but google works fine in IE (IE may be running through an ISP proxy -- I forgot to check the settings). I ran ad-aware and removed a couple processes a couple dozen registry keys and a few apps that were clearly spyware, and yet the problem persists in even the newly downloaded firebird after Ad-Aware gives a clean bill of health.

I suspect it's got something to do with the PeoplePC dialup package he has to use to connect to the web. They do offer cheap dialup, I wouldn't be surprised if they made money in other ways such as these (he's had problems in the past with PeoplePC).

The IM Virus That Got Someone Fired

The IM Virus That Got Someone Fired 06/30/2004 07:37 AM
While I'm not saying this couldn't happen, this story of someone who got fired when an IM virus sent out all of his past conversations to everyone on his buddy list certainly has the sound of an urban legend. First, no names or info are given. Second, the story is being told by an exec from a company offering software for enterprise instant messaging that would (in theory) protect against such attacks. If this were a real virus, wouldn't there be plenty of stories about such things? Instead, it seems like this is the only guy who's heard of it. The story sounds too simple to be true. After all of his old conversation were passed on to everyone else, the story goes, he got fired because an old conversation that was passed on to partners at his firm included negative comments about some of them. Once again, it certainly is possible that this happened (or that it will happen in the future). It just seems that the circumstances by which this information came out are a bit suspect.

First 64-bit virus identified

First 64-bit virus identified 05/28/2004 11:13 AM

The virus hunter

The virus hunter 01/26/2004 04:13 PM
Network Associates' Vincent Gullotto is on the front lines in the struggle between virus writers and security managers. Which side is ahead? A status report.

It Looks Like You're Clicking On A
Virus...

It Looks Like You're Clicking On A
Virus... 04/28/2004 02:31 PM
With all of the discussions recently about how to stop spyware and viruses, and whether or not Microsoft should take some responsibility, it looks like Microsoft is trying to do something - but it may remind some users of elements of Microsoft that they would prefer remained hidden. Microsoft's famed "Clippy" animated paperclip helper would pop up in Microsoft Office documents with suggestions like "It looks like you're trying to write a letter..." and try to offer help or suggestions that most people simply found annoying and intrusive. Now, they're taking a similar, if toned down, approach to security. They're planning to use more pop-ups and dialog boxes to warn people about potential safe computing hazards as they go about their daily business. While it's clear that some people do need to be educated, these pop-ups are likely to be seen as intrusive by more experienced computer users. Unless the system is configured to be very smart, such a system may not do much good. It will annoy power users, who will quickly turn it off (assuming that's possible) and less savvy users are likely to start ignoring it if the pop-ups become too frequent. At the same time, it will also offer another opportunity for scammers to social engineer around those warning messages - or to create their own, similar, fake warning messages. It's good to see Microsoft trying to educate people on the dangers, but it's unclear how well this method will work.

New Virus Running

New Virus Running 01/26/2004 08:48 PM
Significant outbreak of new virus found running hard in wild. Watch yourself...

SCO Attacked By Virus

SCO Attacked By Virus 01/27/2004 04:02 PM

Experts: Vicious worm 'Linux war' weapon: They just can't catch a break.

Virus experts suggested MyDoom's author was a fan of the Linux open source community, because the bug, which targets computers running Microsoft Windows, launched a Denial of Service Attack on SCO's site.

Goes back to my point about how SCO picked the wrong group of people to steal from.

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Man loses job thanks to IM virus

Man loses job thanks to IM virus 07/01/2004 06:56 AM

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