Article: 2 accused of launching virulent worm on Web.(Main)

Article: Suspected Worm Creators Arrested; Hunt for Zotob Authors ...
The Washington Post;  August 27, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... reported that a variant of Zotob had infiltrated their ... passengers entering the United States. A spokesperson for ... to comment further. Zotob and subsequent variants ... first version of the Zotob worm, according to ... proceedings in Turkey. The United States has an extradition ...

Article: Microsoft Commends Turkish and Moroccan Authorities and the FBI ...
PR Newswire Europe;  August 26, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... most visible aspect of the Zotob worm is that it caused some ... restart. More important, the Zotob and Mytob worms infected unprotected ... Microsoft officials said the Zotob and Mytob worms have been less ... of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries ...

Article: IMlogic Threat Center Reports IM Accelerating the Propagation of ...
Business Wire;  August 17, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... is warning customers that Zotob and IRCbot worms are using ... reboot. To learn more about the Zotob and IRCbot worms visit the ... the rapid propagation of the Zotob and IRCbot worms motivated ... affiliated companies in the United States and other countries. All other ...

Article: TippingPoint Customers Preemptively Protected from Zotob ...
Business Wire;  August 31, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... protected all of its customers against the Zotob worm and its variants. Protected customers ... IPS has completely protected us from the Zotob worm, blocking every infection attempt ... We have seen many mutations of the Zotob worm and all have been blocked by TippingPoint ...

Article: Cybertrust research illustrates worldwide impact of Zotob ...
M2 Presswire;  October 26, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Cybertrust research illustrates worldwide impact of Zotob worm(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE ... study of 700 enterprises on the impact of the Zotob worm to organisations worldwide. Zotob adversely impacted systems running Microsoft Windows ...

Article: Network Engines' Issues Prescriptive Security Alert and ...
Business Wire;  August 18, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... partners, has identified two more versions of Zotob. We are now tracking seven (7) Zotob permutations that are exploiting the PnP vulnerability ... the flaw late last week, and starting with the Zotob worm, began adding the ability to automatically ...

Article: OpenService Provides Zero Day Coverage for Zotob Worm; ...
Business Wire;  August 24, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... effectively and efficiently handle the Zotob threat last week without customers having ... time correlation algorithms detect the Zotob worm's initial port scanning. SMC ... prioritize IT security operations responses to Zotob. SMC's key features and benefits are ...