Virus writer steals £70,000 in three days

Grok Headline matches for Virus writer steals £70,000 in three days

Venezuela-based computer virus writer
stole US$132,000 in three days

Venezuela-based computer virus writer
stole US$132,000 in three days 04/13/2005 01:43 AM
VHeadline Apr 13 2005 5:46AM GMT

New virus steals passwords and financial
data from PCs

New virus steals passwords and financial
data from PCs 06/26/2004 06:55 PM
Straits Times Jun 26 2004 11:14PM GMT

Computer Virus Steals Online Banking
Information

Computer Virus Steals Online Banking
Information 06/30/2004 04:54 AM
news.yahoo.com via Drudge Report Jun 30 2004 9:25AM GMT

Internet writer warned of Philly airport
slowdowns days before they happened.

Internet writer warned of Philly airport
slowdowns days before they happened. 12/28/2004 07:39 AM
Fox43tv.com - Tue Dec 28, 11:22 am GMT

The Virus Writer And WiFi

The Virus Writer And WiFi 06/02/2004 09:37 PM
Security Focus, which tends to run some great articles, seems to have gotten the WiFi-fear bug all of a sudden. They've written a column, officially called Catching a Virus Writer, which actually just rehashes the fact that a virus writer today just needs to go out, connect to an open WiFi router, release a virus and walk out - and says they will never be caught. This isn't new. People have been talking about it for ages. However, instead of just dredging up the same old argument about what happens when anyone can access WiFi and making people more afraid than they need to be, wouldn't it have been a bit smarter to then take it a step further? The fact that there are open WiFi networks is a fact. It's also not going to change any time soon. The folks who want to remain anonymous for things like virus writing certainly know this - and will continue to take advantage of it. Instead of just getting all worked up about it, how about pointing out the fact that this is why law enforcement needs to learn better methods for tracking down virus writers - and shouldn't just rely on trying to track down where it was released. In fact, at this point, it's unlikely that most attempts to track down viruses bother to look at the technical details of where it was released, because it's likely to be a zombie machine somewhere. Instead, they look for other clues that lead to the culprit - just like normal detectives. Sure, it's completely true that WiFi is open and anyone can access them. The same is true of any retail store's front door. Someone could walk into one of those doors without having to give out their name, steal something and walk out again. Yet, we know this is true, and people tend not to freak out about open doors that don't require identification. They realize they're there for a purpose. Instead, they work on other methods of tracking down people who steal stuff. So, instead of writing up a fear-mongering report about virus writers using WiFi (and actually calling it "how to catch a virus writer"), why not write up a story about methods that really can be used to track down virus writers, such as looking for patterns in the virus that indicate an author or getting his (or her) friends to squeal - just like with regular criminals.

Catching a Virus Writer

Catching a Virus Writer 06/04/2004 05:57 AM

Firm justifies job for virus writer

Firm justifies job for virus writer 09/23/2004 07:03 AM
A German computer security firm has defended its decision to hire the self-confessed author of the Sasser worm.

Virus Writer Pleads Guilty

Virus Writer Pleads Guilty 08/12/2004 11:33 AM
Wired News Aug 12 2004 3:47PM GMT

Female Virus Writer Busted

Female Virus Writer Busted 02/19/2004 02:15 PM
techtv Feb 19 2004 6:52PM GMT

Virus writer resorts to poetry

Virus writer resorts to poetry 04/26/2004 05:13 PM
Sympatico Apr 26 2004 9:42PM GMT

Funds sought to aid virus writer

Funds sought to aid virus writer 05/18/2004 10:17 AM
Donations are being sought to help the man who wrote the Sasser web worm.

Belgian virus writer arrested

Belgian virus writer arrested 02/17/2004 06:23 PM
Can female virus writers cause just as much havoc as males? Authorities bring charges against a virus creator who has been on a mission to prove just that.

Inside The Head Of A Virus Writer

Inside The Head Of A Virus Writer 06/24/2004 02:46 PM
Extreme Tech Jun 24 2004 6:49PM GMT

Alleged Belgian virus writer arrested

Alleged Belgian virus writer arrested 02/18/2004 10:43 AM
ZDNet Feb 18 2004 1:41PM GMT

Hungarian virus writer avoids stir

Hungarian virus writer avoids stir 06/30/2004 11:08 AM
Two years' probation for Laszlo K

Germany arrests suspected virus writer

Germany arrests suspected virus writer 05/08/2004 01:20 PM
Sympatico May 8 2004 4:15PM GMT

Virus writer hides job ad in MyDoom Net
worm

Virus writer hides job ad in MyDoom Net
worm 09/13/2004 04:29 PM
Techzonez Sep 13 2004 7:47PM GMT

European virus writer sentenced to
prison

European virus writer sentenced to
prison 04/12/2005 06:49 PM
Computer Shopper Apr 12 2005 11:07PM GMT

Microsoft: Separate trail led to second
virus writer

Microsoft: Separate trail led to second
virus writer 05/10/2004 06:55 PM
The suspected author of the Agobot program was arrested by German police the same day they nabbed the alleged writer of the Sasser worm. Microsoft says "two different paths led to two different cases."

Microsoft's Virus/Worm Writer Bounty
Pays Off?

Microsoft's Virus/Worm Writer Bounty
Pays Off? 05/08/2004 06:43 PM
Techfocus May 8 2004 10:51PM GMT

Belgian police arrest female virus
writer

Belgian police arrest female virus
writer 02/16/2004 09:29 AM
Gigabyte busted

MSBlast virus writer faces 15 years
behind bars

MSBlast virus writer faces 15 years
behind bars 01/19/2004 10:42 AM
Silicon.com Jan 19 2004 2:23PM GMT

Virus Writer Hides Job Ad in MyDoom Net
Worm (Reuters)

Virus Writer Hides Job Ad in MyDoom Net
Worm (Reuters) 09/10/2004 10:56 AM
Reuters - Times must be getting tough for computer virus writers.

Virus writer purports to show bin
Laden's death

Virus writer purports to show bin
Laden's death 07/23/2004 02:59 PM
Message circulating on the Internet carries a Trojan horse disguised as pictures of the al-Qaida leader committing suicide.

SCO puts $250,000 bounty on head of
MyDoom virus writer

SCO puts $250,000 bounty on head of
MyDoom virus writer 01/28/2004 11:21 AM
Computer Shopper Jan 28 2004 4:01PM GMT

Holy Dichotomy! Writer Calls iPod
'World's Most Elegant' Nine Days After
Writing Dell DJ 'Surpassed' iPod

Holy Dichotomy! Writer Calls iPod
'World's Most Elegant' Nine Days After
Writing Dell DJ 'Surpassed' iPod 12/09/2003 07:29 PM
(MacDailyNews via MyAppleMenu)

Telstra took days to understand BigPond
virus

Telstra took days to understand BigPond
virus 11/03/2003 01:03 AM
ZDNet Australia Nov 3 2003 0:25AM ET

First documented cell phone virus //no
code or 0-days// just info

First documented cell phone virus //no
code or 0-days// just info 06/16/2004 06:16 PM
System Administrator (Jun 16 2004)

How Dotster cost me days and days of
downtime: stay away from this registrar

How Dotster cost me days and days of
downtime: stay away from this registrar 08/12/2004 07:36 AM
A year ago, the DNS for craphound.com disappeared. Which was weird, because I was paying for DNS with Dotster, my registrar.

I called them up and spoke to their tech support people. "Oh yeah," they said, "your paid service ended a month ago but our billing system was broken so we didn't send out a notice. So we terminated you for nonpayment. But dude, you're lucky! We gave you a free month's DNS!"

Lucky lucky me. I got a free month's DNS and to pay for it, I was bouncing mail all over the Internet and my Website wasn't resolving. Bastards. I bought two years' worth of DNS and vowed that when the domain came up for renewal, I'd switch away from Dotster. I sent them an email telling them as much and got an email back apologizing and saying that they would certainly never terminate my DNS wihtout notice again (you see where this is going, I trust)

Craphound.com is up for renewal at the end of August. Not wanting to leave things to the last minute, I changed over early this month, switching registrars to Domain Direct, who are now the registrar for all of my domains, and boingboing.net besides.

I didn't move over the DNS -- I figured I'd paid Dotster for another year's service, I might as well get it. Instead, I left myself a reminder in my iCal for next July to set up DNS at DomainDirect a month ahead of the service running out on Dotster.

This morning, Dotster terminated my DNS. Without warning. And when I called, they told me there was nothing they could do about it. Even though there's nothing in my DNS contract that says that DNS is provided to domains registered with Dotster and no others, that is, apparently, their policy. And they can't make exceptions. Not even for 48h while I effect a graceful change to DomainDirect (who have been fantastic throughout and now have 100 percent of my domain registration and DNS business).

Bastards.

What Makes A Writer A Writer?

What Makes A Writer A Writer? 04/19/2004 09:41 PM
So You Think You Might Be A Writer? Just because you write? An astute essay by Joseph Epstein poses the uncomfortable question: are you weird enough? There's something very unnatural and unhealthy about writing (as opposed to reading, for instance) - but what is it? [Via Arts and Letters Daily.]

Drudge Steals

Drudge Steals 07/31/2004 10:18 AM
Matt Drudge allegedly steals photo from Tom Tomorrow and manipulates it for whatever reasons make sense to Matt Drudge.

Cendant Steals Home

Cendant Steals Home 08/18/2004 11:03 AM
Holding on to its home mortgage stronghold may be Cendant's best move.

Thief Steals Car, Owner's Mother-In-Law
(AP)

Thief Steals Car, Owner's Mother-In-Law
(AP) 07/22/2004 09:31 AM
AP - A thief who raced off from a service station with a car — and the driver's mother-in-law — crashed a short time later and left the woman in the vehicle, Auckland police said Thursday.

Cops: Man Steals, Beats Dog Over Barking
(AP)

Cops: Man Steals, Beats Dog Over Barking
(AP) 08/27/2004 01:59 PM
AP - Police say a man stole his neighbor's dog, hid the animal in the woods and beat it with a shovel because its barking was getting on his nerves.

Vandal steals Peter's keys

Vandal steals Peter's keys 03/19/2003 10:44 PM
ABCNEWS.com : At Vatican, Saint Peter Loses His Keys VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Gospels say Jesus gave the apostle Peter the keys to the kingdom of heaven, thereby entrusting him with the spiritual guidance of the faithful. Now the...

Man Allegedly Steals Valentine Specials
(AP)

Man Allegedly Steals Valentine Specials
(AP) 02/13/2004 05:09 PM
AP - He did it for love — but could not melt a policeman's heart.

Handcuffed Suspect Steals Car, Escapes
(AP)

Handcuffed Suspect Steals Car, Escapes
(AP) 06/09/2004 05:10 PM
AP - A man arrested and handcuffed during a traffic stop managed to steal an unmarked police car and take off, police said.

Film Piracy Still Steals the Show

Film Piracy Still Steals the Show 12/22/2003 05:35 AM
Thousands of pirated copies of Lord of the Rings have ended up online, and with new legislation, pirates may face tougher penalties. Some experts say it will do nothing to stop peer-to-peer file sharing. By Katie Dean.

VOIP Steals Show at Supercomm

VOIP Steals Show at Supercomm 06/22/2004 02:05 PM
The growing adoption of VOIP was the prime focus of the Enterprise Networking and Services Conference at Supercomm.
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