Smashing Security podcast #019: The Love Bug virus • Graham Cluley

On May 4th 2000, the Love Bug virus (also known as ILOVEYOU or LoveLetter) rapidly spread around the world, clogging up email systems.

Computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault are joined this week by special guest John Hawes for a trip down memory lane.

Show notes:

Memories of the Love Bug worm – Naked Security
“Subject: I Love You” movie trailer – YouTube

Smashing Security #019: 'The Love Bug virus'

Sponsor: Recorded Future

This episode of Smashing Security is made possible by the generous support of Recorded Future – the real-time threat intelligence company whose patented machine learning technology continuously analyzes technical, open, and dark web sources to give organizations unmatched insight into emerging threats.

Thanks to Recorded Future for their support.

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Graham Cluley • @gcluley

Graham Cluley is a veteran of the anti-virus industry having worked for a number of security companies since the early 1990s when he wrote the first ever version of Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows. Now an independent security analyst, he regularly makes media appearances and is an international public speaker on the topic of computer security, hackers, and online privacy. Follow him on Twitter at @gcluley, on Mastodon at @[email protected], or drop him an email.