Technodrome
January 3rd, 2004, 08:41 PM
Since the late nineties there has been a trend which has seen each year characterised by at least one major virus outbreak - be it Melissa, Kournikova or Love Bug. The only exception was a quiet 2002 but this year the virus writers returned with a vengeance. Were they just luring us into a false sense of security? Was this a new breed of virus writer? Had their motives changed? Will Sturgeon answer these questions and rounds up the year's events...
2003 has undoubtedly been the year of the virus. Blaster, Code Red, Deloder, Fizzer, Ganda, Lovgate, Magold, Mimail, MyLife, Nachi, Nolor, Sober, Sobig, Slammer, Swen and a whole host of other infections all came along to ensure the year was far more noteworthy than a comparably quiet 2002.
Whether they were lying low or merely taking time to plan their next move during 2002 the virus writers appeared to have little intention of letting 2003 pass without incident. Not only were there a high number of infections, but there was also a new found capability - a cleverness previously unheard off in the majority of attacks in the past.
more: http://www.silicon.com/software/security/0,39024655,39117489,00.htm
tECHNODROME
2003 has undoubtedly been the year of the virus. Blaster, Code Red, Deloder, Fizzer, Ganda, Lovgate, Magold, Mimail, MyLife, Nachi, Nolor, Sober, Sobig, Slammer, Swen and a whole host of other infections all came along to ensure the year was far more noteworthy than a comparably quiet 2002.
Whether they were lying low or merely taking time to plan their next move during 2002 the virus writers appeared to have little intention of letting 2003 pass without incident. Not only were there a high number of infections, but there was also a new found capability - a cleverness previously unheard off in the majority of attacks in the past.
more: http://www.silicon.com/software/security/0,39024655,39117489,00.htm
tECHNODROME