On Tuesday, the 11th incarnation of the Netsky worm was found to contain a message from its author saying there would be no more variants. However, the Netsky.K note also indicated that the worm's ...

Security experts suspect that the author of Netsky, which has been one of the most successful pieces of malware this year, is distributing the worm's source code among the black-hat community. On ...

File-sharing Web sites Kazaa and eDonkey are bracing for a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack starting on Wednesday that will be launched by a clutch of new variants of the Netsky worm.

Conventional wisdom claims March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. But with new versions of the Bagle e-mail worm and a virulent new form of Netsky virus, March’s arrival is looking more ...

The unknown team of programmers who created the latest variant of the Netsky virus claim to be the authors of the Sasser worm--and researchers have found evidence that supports that assertion. The ...

A new version of the Netsky e-mail worm is programmed to launch a distributed denial-of-service attack on peer-to-peer (P-to-P) networks, contains a message blaming users for spreading viruses and ...

File-sharing network eDonkey's main Web site has been knocked offline following an attack from Netsky, but Kazaa has survived -- so far Earlier this week, file-sharing Web sites Kazaa and eDonkey and ...

The latest variation of the Netsky Internet worm automatically executes without the user having to open the attached file. Netsky.p (w32.netsky.p@cnet.com) takes advantage of the Incorrect MIME header ...

Security company Symantec raised its severity rating of the latest incarnation of the Netsky worm. Netsky.Q was upgraded from a level 2 to level 3 threat on the security firm's five-point rating ...

Zafi.B and Netsky.P have managed to notch up another month on top of the chart for the worst malware mischief-making. According to infections reported to antivirus firm Sophos during October, Netksy.P ...

The 30th variant of mass mailing worm Bagle was discovered on Thursday, which makes it one of the most persistent worms ever discovered, but in terms of infection rates, archrival Netsky is ahead by a ...