Sober Worm Set To Unleash On January 5

Security research firm iDefense says that they have determined that the next attack of the Sober worm will be unleashed on January 5th. The date may be linked with the fact that it is also the 87th anniversary of the inception of the Nazi party. But, there is good news as well. Antivirus vendor F-Secure has cracked the enigmatic algorithm behind the Sober worm, which will hopefully help the antivirus industry stay one step ahead of this ever-changing threat that has plagued the Internet since October of 2003. For more about F-Secure cracking the Sober code, see this ComputerWorld article: Sober worm algorithm cracked by F-Secure.