A member of an influential Russian hacking group has received a small fine for posting two viruses on the internet.
Eugene Suchkov, a member of the 29a coding group, admitted writing the W32/Stepan and Gastropod viruses and releasing them onto the internet. The code could allow others to create malicious viruses and spread them online.
"A 3,000 rouble [£57] fine is little more than a smacked bottom, but at least Suchkov has been found guilty. Indeed it's encouraging to see the Russian authorities taking action against virus writers," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos, in a statement.
"With so many computer criminals based in Russia it's time to send out a strong message that those who write and distribute viruses have nowhere to hide."
The 29a group is well known as the creator of 'proof of concept' viruses that demonstrate security weaknesses but do not contain malicious payloads. The group created the first viable mobile phone worm, called Cabir, earlier in the year.
C# Web Developer, Finance, London Financial Services Required: C#, ASP.NET, AJAX Fantastic opportunity not to be missed!! This is a great opportunity to work on a unique objectives that no other company is doing working ... more >
Senior Hardware Engineer Scotland/Edinburgh Communication Systems Permanent Position 40-45K+Benefits A leading organisation involved with the design and development of data acquisition systems and synthesis boards for a range of radar, signal intelligence and software radio ... more >
FPGA Engineer Defence/Safety Critical Buckinghamshire Permanent Position 45K+Benefits A leading UK defence organisation requires an experienced digital design engineer to strengthen its existing development team due to a number of long-term projects that have recently ... more >
DSP Engineer 3 Months Contract Hertfordshire £Excellent Rates£ This position requires you to have experience of measurement algorithms development for the generation and analysis of digital wireless communication standards including GSM, EDGE, UMTS, WLAN and ... more >More job opportunities
Print
Discuss
Send to friend
RSS feeds
Dangerous new strain exploits unpatched IE buffer overflow 12 Nov 2004
'Cabir' virus affects Symbian OS handsets and spreads via Bluetooth 16 Jun 2004
The latest wave of cyber-crimes and acts of vandalism have demonstrated once again that many systems are still vulnerable to attack. 15 Apr 2004
del.icio.us
Digg this
reddit!
