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Bagle (computer worm), the Glossary

Bagle (also known as Beagle) was a mass-mailing computer worm affecting Microsoft Windows.^[1]

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2004 in computing
Distributed computing projects
Email worms

ABC News (United States)

ABC News is the news division of the American television network ABC.

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Alureon (also known as TDSS or TDL-4) is a trojan and rootkit created to steal data by intercepting a system's network traffic and searching for banking usernames and passwords, credit card data, PayPal information, social security numbers, and other sensitive user data. Bagle (computer worm) and Alureon are botnets, distributed computing projects and Spamming.

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Assembly language

In computer programming, assembly language (alternatively assembler language or symbolic machine code), often referred to simply as assembly and commonly abbreviated as ASM or asm, is any low-level programming language with a very strong correspondence between the instructions in the language and the architecture's machine code instructions.

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Backdoor (computing)

A backdoor is a typically covert method of bypassing normal authentication or encryption in a computer, product, embedded device (e.g. a home router), or its embodiment (e.g. part of a cryptosystem, algorithm, chipset, or even a "homunculus computer"—a tiny computer-within-a-computer such as that found in Intel's AMT technology).

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Botnet

A botnet is a group of Internet-connected devices, each of which runs one or more bots. Bagle (computer worm) and botnet are botnets and Spamming.

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Bulk email software

Bulk email software is software that is used to send emails in large quantities. Bagle (computer worm) and Bulk email software are Spamming.

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Computer worm

A computer worm is a standalone malware computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers.

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Computergram International

Computergram International was a daily, pre-Internet newsletter covering enterprise information technology, published in London by APT Data Services from 1984.

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Conficker

Conficker, also known as Downup, Downadup and Kido, is a computer worm targeting the Microsoft Windows operating system that was first detected in November 2008. Bagle (computer worm) and Conficker are hacking in the 2000s.

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Cybercrime

Cybercrime encompasses a wide range of criminal activities that are carried out using digital devices and/or networks.

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Email spam

Email spam, also referred to as junk email, spam mail, or simply spam, is unsolicited messages sent in bulk by email (spamming). Bagle (computer worm) and email spam are Spamming.

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EWeek

eWeek (Enterprise Newsweekly, stylized as eWEEK), formerly PCWeek, is a technology and business magazine.

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F-Secure

F-Secure Corporation is a global cyber security and privacy company, which has its headquarters in Helsinki, Finland.

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Gameover ZeuS

GameOver ZeuS (GOZ), also known as peer-to-peer (P2P) ZeuS, ZeuS3, and GoZeus, is a Trojan horse developed by Russian cybercriminal Evgeniy Bogachev. Bagle (computer worm) and Gameover ZeuS are botnets.

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GlobalData

GlobalData Plc is a data analytics and consulting company, headquartered in London, England.

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Haymarket Media Group is a privately held media company headquartered in London.

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HTTP

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is an application layer protocol in the Internet protocol suite model for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems.

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Internet Magazine

Internet Magazine was a monthly print title launched in October 1994 by the UK publishing house, Emap.

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Internet security

Internet security is a branch of computer security.

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M86 Security

M86 Security was a privately owned Internet threat protection company that specialized in Web and email security products and content filtering appliances.

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Malware

Malware (a portmanteau of malicious software)Tahir, R. (2018).

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McAfee

McAfee Corp., formerly known as McAfee Associates, Inc. from 1987 to 1997 and 2004 to 2014, Network Associates Inc. from 1997 to 2004, and Intel Security Group from 2014 to 2017, is an American global computer security software company headquartered in San Jose, California.

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McColo

McColo was a US-based web hosting service provider that was, for a long time, the source of the majority of spam-sending activities for the entire world.

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Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a product line of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft.

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Netsky (computer worm)

Netsky is a prolific family of computer worms which affect Microsoft Windows operating systems. Bagle (computer worm) and Netsky (computer worm) are 2004 in computing, email worms and hacking in the 2000s.

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Operation: Bot Roast

Operation: Bot Roast is an operation by the FBI to track down bot herders, crackers, or virus coders who install malicious software on computers through the Internet without the owners' knowledge, which turns the computer into a zombie computer that then sends out spam to other computers from the compromised computer, making a botnet or network of bot infected computers. Bagle (computer worm) and operation: Bot Roast are botnets.

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Regin (malware)

Regin (also known as Prax or QWERTY) is a sophisticated malware and hacking toolkit used by United States' National Security Agency (NSA) and its British counterpart, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).

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Rustock botnet

The Rustock botnet was a botnet that operated from around 2006 until March 2011. Bagle (computer worm) and Rustock botnet are botnets, distributed computing projects and Spamming.

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Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is an Internet standard communication protocol for electronic mail transmission.

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Srizbi botnet

Srizbi BotNet is considered one of the world's largest botnets, and responsible for sending out more than half of all the spam being sent by all the major botnets combined. Bagle (computer worm) and Srizbi botnet are botnets, distributed computing projects and Spamming.

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Storm botnet

The Storm botnet or Storm worm botnet (also known as Dorf botnet and Ecard malware) was a remotely controlled network of "zombie" computers (or "botnet") that had been linked by the Storm Worm, a Trojan horse spread through e-mail spam. Bagle (computer worm) and Storm botnet are botnets, distributed computing projects and Spamming.

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) is an American daily newspaper based in metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia.

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Windows Registry

The Windows Registry is a hierarchical database that stores low-level settings for the Microsoft Windows operating system and for applications that opt to use the registry.

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ZeroAccess botnet

ZeroAccess is a Trojan horse computer malware that affects Microsoft Windows operating systems. Bagle (computer worm) and ZeroAccess botnet are botnets, distributed computing projects and Spamming.

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Zeus (malware)

Zeus is a Trojan horse malware package that runs on versions of Microsoft Windows. Bagle (computer worm) and Zeus (malware) are botnets and hacking in the 2000s.

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Zombie (computing)

In computing, a zombie is a computer connected to the Internet that has been compromised by a hacker via a computer virus, computer worm, or trojan horse program and can be used to perform malicious tasks under the remote direction of the hacker. Bagle (computer worm) and zombie (computing) are botnets.

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.exe

For Microsoft Windows, OS/2, and DOS,.exe is the filename extension that denotes a file as being executable a computer program containing an entry point.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagle_(computer_worm)

Also known as Bagle botnet, Bagle worm, Lodeight.

Bagle (computer worm), the Glossary

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2004 in computing

Distributed computing projects

Email worms

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