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• Zotob worm - a reminder for network administrators to patch
  Monday 15 August 2005 – 10:31
  Antivirus companies today informed users of a new worm that is infecting computers around the world. While some reports indicate that Zotob is spreading like wildfire, similar to how Sasser spread in 2004, it now appears that the worm is fairly contained. The three variants Zotob.A, Zotob.B, and Zotob.C, however, are a clear reminder that network administrators should keep their systems patched.
• Zotob accomplices identified, but arrests may yet be forthcoming
  Thursday 1 September 2005 – 01:34
  In a keynote speech during a meeting of the International High Technology Crime Investigation Association on Monday, FBI assistant director for the cyber division, Louis Reigel, reportedly remarked to the 650 gathered members that the FBI, in cooperation with Turkish authorities, had identified 16 new suspects in connection with the Zotob worm investigation.
• Authors of Zotob virus sentenced
  Wednesday 13 September 2006 – 08:56
  Two Moroccan men have been sentenced to prison terms for helping write the Zotob computer virus that attacked major U.S. networks last year, a court official said Wednesday.
• Zotob suspects in custody were financially, not socially, motivated, says FBI
  Friday 26 August 2005 – 11:45
  Almost as fast as the Zotob worm exploited a reported Windows 2000 vulnerability, the Cyber Division of the FBI, in cooperation with Moroccan and Turkish authorities, as well as Microsoft itself, announced this morning the arrest overseas of two individuals in connection with the network worm investigation.
• Zotob spreads chaos, confusion
  Wednesday 17 August 2005 – 06:00
  A new Windows virus/worm is spreading quickly around the Internet, causing plenty of confusion and chaos in its wake.

• CNN: FBI announces two arrests in Zotob virus investigation*
  Friday 26 August 2005 – 06:26
  CNN International television is reporting this afternoon that the FBI has announced arrests of two individuals - one in Morocco, the other in Turkey - who may be related to the outbreak of the Zotob virus, as well as perhaps one other virus chain.