Sobig
Aliases: Palyh
- First seen
- 2003-01-09 00:00:00
- Malware type
- worm
- Family
- Malware family
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 15:20:39
Context
Sobig is a highly infectious mass-mailing computer worm that spreads through email attachments and network shares. It was first discovered in early 2003 and caused widespread disruption by sending itself to email addresses found on infected computers.
Detection coverage
- 1 YARA rules
Detection rules
- MALPEDIA_Win_Sobig_Auto (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Sobig (report)
- edition.cnn.com — Index (report)