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Last Updated: Feb 02, 2004 
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SCO site succumbs to DDoS attack

(02 Feb 2004)

Embattled Unix vendor SCO Group fell victim this weekend to a distributed denial-of-service attack generated by the Mydoom-A worm. The company has established an alternate presence on the Web until the worm's kill date of Feb. 12.

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>> Mydoom rears cyberterror talk (TechNewsWorld) 30 Jan 2004
>> Mydoom-A infects a third of organizations polled (Security Wire Perspectives) 02 Feb 2004
>> Countdown begins for Mydoom DDoS attacks (SearchSecurity.com) 30 Jan 2004
>> Mydoom variant targets security features, Microsoft (SearchSecurity.com) 29 Jan 2004
>> Hackers scanning for ports opened by Mydoom (SearchSecurity.com) 28 Jan 2004
>> Super Bowl week spells doom for security (SearchSecurity.com) 29 Jan 2004
>> Worm's creative attachment cons users (SearchSecurity.com) 29 Jan 2004
>> Potent Mydoom worm flooding inboxes (SearchSecurity.com) 27 Jan 2004
>> Best practices for cleaning up Mydoom mess (SearchSecurity.com) 27 Jan 2004
>> Mydoom-A: Is it a Mimail variant? (SearchSecurity.com) 27 Jan 2004
>> Audio webcast: Advanced intrusion defense (SearchSecurity.com) 21 Jan 2004
>> Trojan spreading that downloads Mimail worm (SearchSecurity.com) 15 Jan 2004
>> Vulnerabilities afflict multiple antivirus products (SearchSecurity.com) 13 Jan 2004
>> Security insurance may be a smart policy for some (SearchSecurity.com) 13 Jan 2004
>> Mimail-P promises prize, steals information (SearchSecurity.com) 08 Jan 2004
>> Tried, tested methods still work for virus writers (SearchSecurity.com) 18 Dec 2003
>> What's in a name? Multiple monikers for worms abound (SearchSecurity.com) 02 Sep 2003
>> Virus researchers say speed essential when investigating worms (SearchSecurity.com) 18 Jun 2003
>> How much virus information is too much? (SearchSecurity.com) 21 Jan 2003
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