Farid Essebar appeared before the investigating magistrate in Rabat for three hours of questioning about the Zotob worm, his lawyer said. The worm caused computer outages at more than 100 U.S ...

It is hardly surprising that there are a whole bunch of [Zotob] variants". American Express, Visa, Holden and Boeing are just some of the Australian-based companies that suffered from Zotob ...

News of a new worm, Zotob, brought out the expected "Microsoft sucks!" and "Linux doesn't have this problem!" comments, but now it's Microsoft's turn to laugh. Zotob was being billed as "the ...

"It's possible that Zotob could be modified," said David Cole, the director of Symantec's Security Response. "It wouldn't be difficult. "But it would not have nearly the same impact as the ...

Lawyer Mohamed Fertat told the AFP wire service that his client "did not develop the Zotob virus but did participate in the creation of a worm that infected computer systems." Fertat said the ...

Two Moroccan men have been jailed for releasing the Zotob computer worm, which wreaked havoc on an estimated 250,000 Windows PCs last year. Farid Essebar, 19, of Morocco was sentenced to two years ...

The statement has been updated to include new information on Zotob and how Windows 2000 customers can protect themselves from the worm. REDMOND, Wash., August 16, 2005 — Microsoft has made a no-cost, ...

Turkish authorities have linked one of the suspects in the Zotob worm case to individuals thought to be part of a credit card fraud ring, according to the FBI. Atilla Ekici, a 21-year-old Turk who ...

One of the virus writers suspected of creating the Zotob and Mytob worms has been linked to a notorious network of malware creators called 0x90-team. Finnish antivirus expert Mikko Hyppönen ...

Over the weekend, two variants of a new worm, dubbed Zotob, have begun circulating, though neither variant has become widespread, researchers say. The worms spread using the TCP/IP (Transmission ...