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inUth.com
July 11, 2017
... a company that processes credit and debit card payments for hundreds of business lost an astonishing $200 million. The second-biggest loss was $93 million from Global Payment Systems. 9. Sven Jaschan. Jaschan was a German college student who created Netsky worms and Sasser computer worms.
Naked Security
May 15, 2017
Curiously, Sasser was seen as more pesky than existential, coming as it did after a sequence of mega-worms such as, ILOVEYOU, Nimda, Welchia, Netsky, SoBig, Blaster, and SQL Slammer. Some of these exploited Microsoft software vulnerabilities and found plenty of victims who swore a collective “neverÃÂ ...
The Merkle
December 21, 2016
Several of the most popular malware to ever be released include Blaster, (which targeted Windows XP machines and included a message to Bill Gates encouraging him to 'fix' Windows), Bagle, Netsky, Conficker, Melissa, ILoveYou (which managed to infect several computers at the Pentagon), and MorrisÃÂ ...
TechRepublic
October 27, 2015
The Anna Kournikova virus is so named because it tricked its recipients into thinking they were downloading a sexy picture of the tennis star. Financial damages associated with Kournikova were limited, but the virus had a big pop culture impact: It became a plot point in a 2002 episode of the sitcom Friends.
We Live Security (blog)
May 26, 2015
Computer scientist Robert Tappan Morris was a student at Cornell when he released one of the first computer worms, the Morris Worm, onto the internet in 1988. He was ... Sven Jaschan was found guilty of writing the Netsky and Sasser computer worms back in 2004, when he was still just a teenager.
ZDNet (blog)
June 5, 2012
Flame is clearly the next evolution in computer virus and got me to thinking of all of the viruses, worms, trojans, and malware that I have had to battle over the ... Here the authors of both the Bagle and Mydoom worm families were dissed and, in some cases, Netsky included code that removed versions of theÃÂ ...
CNN
July 10, 2005
BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- A German court has convicted the teenager who created the Sasser worm that snarled tens of thousands of computers last ... day on his homemade computer, told Stern Magazine in an interview that he created the virus, which he called "Netsky A," to combat two existing viruses,ÃÂ ...
BBC News
May 6, 2004
The Sasser worm is continuing to cause disruption for large numbers of Windows PC users. The first version of the malicious program ... The latest version of the Netsky virus, the 29th variant, travels with a file that claims to be a cure for Sasser sent out by anti-virus firms. Inside this version the creators ofÃÂ ...
CNN
May 5, 2004
He said the Netsky and Bagle worms also were launched on weekends. Both Sundermeier and technical experts at Panda Software, based in Bilbao, Spain, said it is labor intensive for technical teams to cleanse computers of the Sasser worm. Unlike some types of security updates and service packsÃÂ ...
inUth.com
July 11, 2017
In the history of the internet, we have a large number of cases of cyber crimes and hacking. Here's top 10 biggest cyber attacks in history.
Naked Security
May 15, 2017
The Windows worm is back – and this time it's serious ... after a sequence of mega-worms such as, ILOVEYOU, Nimda, Welchia, Netsky, SoBig, ...
The Merkle
December 21, 2016
... (which targeted Windows XP machines and included a message to Bill Gates encouraging him to 'fix' Windows), Bagle, Netsky, Conficker, ...
WRTI
October 6, 2016
Hankus Netsky. Itzhak Perlman, violin. B'Rosh Hashanah, Max Helfman. Cantor Ephraim Biran, Paula Biran, Rodeph Sholom Choir.
We Live Security (blog)
May 26, 2015
... of the first computer worms, the Morris Worm, onto the internet in 1988. ... the Netsky and Sasser computer worms back in 2004, when he was ...
ZDNet (blog)
June 5, 2012
Here are my top 5 Worms, Trojans, or Viruses. ... the Bagle and Mydoom worm families were dissed and, in some cases, Netsky included code ...
CNN
July 10, 2005
Prosecutors say Jaschan sent the computer worm on the Internet on his ... That led him to develop the Netsky virus further -- and to modify it to ...
BBC News
May 6, 2004
The Sasser worm is continuing to cause disruption for large numbers ... The latest version of the Netsky virus, the 29th variant, travels with a file that ... What can be done to stop the spread of of worms and viruses like this one?
CNN
May 5, 2004
"It really preys on paranoia about the Sasser worm," said Graham ... He said the Netsky and Bagle worms also were launched on weekends.
The Arts Desk
November 15, 2016
Little Mix, like Girls Aloud before them, have developed fast from TV talent newbies into impressively sparkly industry professionals.
ComputerWeekly.com
March 30, 2016
It was not long before the first piece of malicious software or malware made an appearance, with the detection in 1971 on the Arpanet of the Creeper worm, an experimental and relatively harmless self-replicating piece of software that used the Arpanet ...
ComputerWeekly.com
March 30, 2016
It was not long before the first piece of malicious software or malware made an appearance, with the detection in 1971 on the Arpanet of the Creeper worm, an experimental and relatively harmless self-replicating piece of software that used the Arpanet ...
The Boar
February 3, 2016
... he divides opinion among those who are familiar with his material. You might recognise him for his most recent pop-enthused single 'Rio', which, although not charting in the UK, managed to worm its way into the London new year's firework celebrations.
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