Corporations over the world are under renewed threat from viruses, after hackers successfully mutated the Melissa code. Kevin Street, technical manager at security specialist, Symantec, warned today that new strains of the Word macro virus will...
The virus 'Armageddon', predicted by many vendors for the festive break failed to materialise, although some companies reacted to the threat by shutting down email servers to avoid problems. And according to Shipp it's not just new viruses that...
A virus threat called LIFE_STAGES.TXT.SHS has been detected in the wild, according to security experts in the UK. Several blue chip companies in the UK, US and Australia have reportedly received a text file with an attachment called LIFE_STAGES.TXT...
The main sufferers have often been the security experts - they greeted the recent 'Resume - Janet Simmons' virus threat with tired sighs, but were confronted by IT directors clamouring for stout defence as soon as the news hit the headlines.
This means the worm is a dangerous threat and is difficult to contain. Email management company MessageLabs claims to have stopped more than 1.3 million emails since the virus started spreading, and believes the infection rate is increasing rapidly.
31.03.99: Corporations over the world are under renewed threat from viruses, after hackers successfully mutated the Melissa code. Kevin Street, technical manager at security specialist Symantec, warned today that new strains of the Word macro virus...