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Zotob Accused Hacker Has An Impressive Portfolio He may be the malicious intelligence behind 21 other worms	By Alina Plesu, Technology and Science Editor 31st of August 2005, 08:56 GMT Adjust text size:


As the analysis of the Zotob case continues, more details are emerging about the hacker history of one of the two men arrested last week on suspicion of creating and distributing the Zotob bot worm. According to the investigation conducted by security vendor Sophos, Farid Essebar may have written 20 variations of the Mytob mass-mailed worm and one version of the MyDoom worm. "It is not unusual for malware authors to leave their handles inside their malicious code, sometimes alongside other messages," stated Sophos. The company also said it had found 21 other worms with the Diabl0 handle included in their code. "Of the 21, 20 are Mytob variants, ranging from Mytob.a to Mytob.gz; two of Sophos' most recent Top 10 list of viruses and worms appear to have been authored by Essebar" said Sophos. "The Mytob worms have made a significant impact on the virus outbreak charts this year, so anything which may prevent future variants from being developed and released must be welcomed," said Graham Cluley, Sophos senior technology consultant. On the other hand, Cluley and other analysts warn that it's probable other hackers have access to the Mytob source code, a fact that many think is the root cause of the more than 200 variants seen so far this year, so it will take a while for the whole situation to be no longer a danger for users.

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