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MYTOB variant fakes email errors

MYTOB variant fakes email errors

A new variant of the MYTOB worm has been discovered that pretends to be a legitimate email warning of a delivery error or email account problem.
Staff Writers May 10 2005 3:00PM Security
Poll: Sentence too light for Blaster variant creator

Poll: Sentence too light for Blaster variant creator

Fifty-three percent of business PC users who responded to a web poll said the 18-month prison sentence a man received for unleashing a variant of the Blaster worm was too light.
Marcia Savage Feb 2 2005 10:55PM Security
Teen sentenced for Blaster worm variant

Teen sentenced for Blaster worm variant

A 19-year-old man was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison and 10 months of community service for releasing a variant of the Blaster worm that infected thousands of PCs in 2003.
Marcia Savage Jan 28 2005 9:43PM Security
Man pleads guilty to creating Blaster variant

Man pleads guilty to creating Blaster variant

A 19-year-old Minnesota man accused of creating a variant of last year's devastating Blaster worm pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Seattle Wednesday.
Marcia Savage Aug 13 2004 4:57AM Security

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