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KoanYorel

Dec 10 2005, 01:01 PM

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Sober worm algorithm cracked by F-Secure

News Story by Matthew Broersma

DECEMBER 09, 2005 (TECHWORLD.COM) - Security firm F-Secure Corp. has cracked a code used by the Sober worm, potentially allowing the company to block the worm from receiving updates.

Sober worm algorithm cracked by F-Secure

How Sober activates

harrywaldron

Dec 11 2005, 08:36 AM

Thanks Koan for the good sharing on this

January 5th, 2006 is the scheduled date for autoupdating. The US CERT warning and other links can be found below:

Sober.X (CME-681) - New malware updates scheduled Jan 5, 2006
http://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldron/archi...2/11/78916.aspx

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