Security news: top ten viruses in October 2005.Sophos Antivirus software from Sophos Plc, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England (www.sophos.com) that runs in a wide variety of environments including Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix, NetWare and Network Appliance storage systems. Used worldwide, Sophos is noted for its fast performance. has revealed the top ten viruses occurring October 2005. The report, compiled from Sophos's global network of monitoring stations, reveals that October has seen the biggest increase in virus numbers since its records began--it now identifies and protects against a total of II 2,142 viruses, which is an increase of 1,685 on last month. Netsky-P, the worm worm, common name for various unrelated invertebrate animals with soft, often long and slender bodies. Members of the phylum Platyhelminthes, or the flatworms, are the most primitive; they are generally small and flat-bodied and include the free-living planarians (of written by convicted German teenager Teenager See also Adolescence. Ah, Wilderness! high-school senior has problems with girls and his father. [Am. Drama: O’Neill Ah, Wilderness! in Sobel, 15] Aldrich, Henry teenaged film character of the 1940s. [Am. Sven Jaschan Sven Jaschan (born April 29 1986) is the self-confessed author of the NetSky and Sasser computer worms. History Jaschan lived in the village of Waffensen, Germany and attended a computer science school in nearby Rotenburg. , continues to head up the top ten chart twenty months after it was first detected. However, Mytob-GH, which first appeared on 16 October 2005, is already in second place and showing no sign of abating. This Mytob variant variant /var·i·ant/ (var´e-ant) 1. something that differs in some characteristic from the class to which it belongs. 2. exhibiting such variation. var·i·ant adj. is well placed to topple Netsky-P from the top of the chart in November. The top ten viruses in October were as follows: 1 Netsky-P 17.2% 2 Mytob-01-1 8.1% New entry 3 Mytob-EX 5.7% New entry 4 Mytob-AS 5.4% 5 Mytob-BE 5.3% 6 Zaft-D 3.0% 7 Netsky-D 2.5% 8 Mytob-C 2.4% 9 Zafi-B 2.3% Re-entry 10 Mytob-ER 2.3% New entry Others: 45.8% September's lull in new viruses was short lived, with October's count totalling a record high of 1,685. Sophos experts have revealed that nearly two thirds of the viruses reported to Sophos during the month were versions of the Mytob worm, with the new Mytob-GH and Mytob-EX variants having made a significant impact. This months chart consists of only three virus families--Netsky, Mytob and Zafi, indicating that virus writers are continuing to create variants of established threats, which prove most effective for financial gain. "There are six variants of the Mytob worm in the October chart, half of which are new entries. The creators of Mytob appear to be a gang of virus writers called Hellbot. By having several gang members they can easily issue several different variants in a short space of time." With this rise in viruses, Sophos's research shows that 1.66%, or one in 60 emails, circulating cir·cu·late v. cir·cu·lat·ed, cir·cu·lat·ing, cir·cu·lates v.intr. 1. To move in or flow through a circle or circuit: blood circulating through the body. 2. in October were viral Meaning "related or caused by a virus," with regard to computers and information technology, the term refers less to a computer virus than it does to information that spreads quickly via the Internet. See viral marketing and viral video. . www.sophos.com |
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