http://eletters.wnn.ziffdavis.com/zd/cts?d=75-19-1-1-618817-592-1
http://eletters.wnn.ziffdavis.com/zd/cts?d=75-19-1-1-618817-595-1
These two articles report on Bugbear.B and W32/Sobig/c-mm, and indicate how much more sophisticated this sort of malware is becoming -- the ability to log keystokes, the capacity to mask or mutate the virus program appeaance, or even having a built-in SMTP engine. The increase in virus capability seems to be outstripping most defences. I am frankly pessimistic about the future [in a manner analogous to the failure of most antibiotics againt real viruses -- we are waiting for the other shoe to drop with a thud].
Posted by jho at June 11, 2003 07:28 PM