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August 30, 2005 | Comments: (0)
Zotob author may have written 20 other viruses
When Moroccan authorities arrested Farid Essebar in connection with the Zotob virus, they knew he used the alias Diabl0 and believed he also wrote the Mytob worm.
But this morning security firm Sophos is saying that Essebar may actually have created some 20 other viruses, including MyDoom-BG. For the full list, see Sophos' report. All of them, save MyDoom-BG, are Mytob variants.
Sophos determined this by finding the moniker Diabl0 inside the malicious code.
The Register reported in Zotob suspects arrested in Turkey and Morocco:
The worm, dubbed Botzor2005 by its creator Diabl0, contained both Diabl0's and Coder's handles. The worm acknowledged Coder as well as tried to connect to an IRC channel named diabl0.turkcoders.net.
Sophos also said "it's possible that more people have access to the Mytob source code, so it may not be the last we see of this Internet scourge."
Indeed, reports indicate that cyber crime fears remain despite the arrests.
Posted by Tom Sullivan on August 30, 2005 06:28 AM
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