Web threats

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.

Around the end of August we started to see the next logical step in the evolution of IM malware.

Social dynamics and shifting tactics from virus writers

MS hands out the $250.000 reward that lead to Jaschan’s arrest

Suspended sentence and community service for Sven Jaschan

The supposed author of the Sasser and Netsky worms goes on trial

Viruses and worms have evolved rapidly over the past few years and now pose a global threat. However, law enforcement agencies are also pooling their resources to gain a global reach.

We saw an interesting attack a few days ago (12 June) when an ongoing attempt to infect AIM users took place.

It’s two years to the day since the email worm Sobig.c caused a major epidemic.