Web threats

Yesterday a full stop was placed to one of the most notorious cases of cybercrime in Russia over the past few years.

This week we’ve seen a couple of IM-Worms peaking above the radar to an extent you can probably call epidemic levels.

The Zotob authors have been convicted.

It’s two years today since Hungarian Laszlo K, the author of the Magold worm, was found guilty of unauthorized use of computer systems and sentenced to two years probation and a fine of $2,400.

Kaspersky Lab presents the second report covering malware evolution in 2005

At first glance, the March statistics from the online scanner shows that the Online Scanner Top Twenty ratings continue to change radically from month to month.

This is the second month that we are analyzing the data we collect from our on-line scanner. We can now make preliminary comparisons with our mail traffic statistics and analyze emerging trends.

This latest report from Kaspersky Lab presents an overview of internet attacks in 2005.

On 26th January, we intercepted a new variant of GPCode, Virus.Win32.GPCode.ac. The new variant of GPCode was widely spammed throughout the Russian segement of the Internet.

Yesterday, the UK government outlined its new Police and Justice bill. If the bill becomes law, cyber criminals who make unauthorised modifications to a computer could receive up to 10 years in prison.

A few minutes ago the people who are maintaining the Bagle botnet started updating it. We’ve intercepted two new modifications of the Bagle family, Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Bagle.d and Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Bagle.e.

Last week, six people linked to the ‘Shadowcrew’ web site pleaded guilty in New Jersey to conspiracy to defraud

A report today highlights an interesting ruling made in a UK court concerning the scope of the Computer Misuse Act, 1990.

More IM, more IM malware?

The Dutch police have arrested three men who are suspected to have set up a botnet of more than 100 000 computers worldwide.