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The volume of worm infections exploded in the first half of 2009, compared with the second half of 2008, according to Microsoft. In volume seven of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIRv7), the Redmond company indicates that Conficker and Taterf have made worm infections second only to those caused by misce... |
2 November 2009
10:12 GMT |
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While April 1, 2009 went by quiet when it comes down to the Conficker worm, just a week later members of the security community have started to report detections of new variants of the malicious code in the wild. Microsoft confirmed that it had identified two new variants of the worm, for whose authors' arrest i... |
10 April 2009
06:57 GMT |
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Old pieces of malware can and do learn new tricks. It is the case of the Neeris family of worms, which is following in Conficker's footsteps. In this regard, the Redmond company informs that the authors of Neeris have now upgraded their 2005 malicious code, tweaking the worm so that it can exploit the same Criti... |
6 April 2009
05:44 GMT |
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The Worm:Win32/Conficker.D targeting Windows operating systems, including Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP, is set to make yet another step further in its evolution come next week, on April 1, 2009. The worm, which is reported to have infected anywhere from eight to 12 million machines (and even more) since it... |
27 March 2009
12:09 GMT |
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One aspect that contributed to the latest widespread infection affecting the Windows platform was the fact that customers were running unsupported copies of the operating system. Microsoft is currently fighting the Conficker worm, a piece of malicious code that can compromise a variety of Windows platforms including ... |
3 March 2009
07:20 GMT |
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Researchers from antivirus vendor Sophos warn that, during March, the operations of several rather popular websites hosted on legit domains could be affected by the update routines of the Conficker worm. The list includes a domain belonging to Southwest Airlines. The Conficker worm is one of the most successful worm... |
3 March 2009
03:55 GMT |
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A nasty piece of malicious code worth no less than $250,000 to Microsoft, has evolved to a new stage, and is now enjoying additional functionality. Microsoft has confirmed that it detected new samples of Win32/Conficker in the wild, and that it has updated the antivirus definitions consequently. The new version of th... |
24 February 2009
08:57 GMT |
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Microsoft has upped the stakes in the face-off with malware creators, and in a case of “dead-or-alive,” the company is bringing out the heavy guns and offering no less than a $250,000 reward for any information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of the author/authors of the Conficker (Downadup) w... |
13 February 2009
06:41 GMT |
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Local media in Houston is reporting that a computer worm has slowed the computer network serving the justice system down to a crawl. Police officers have been ordered not to make arrests for minor offenses, while the Municipal Courts have been shut down until Monday evening. The problems started when workers from a ... |
10 February 2009
07:15 GMT |
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According to The Register, one of the biggest DNS services, OpenDNS, will deploy Conficker detection today as part of a new wider botnet tracking service. Network admins will be able to see which computers are infected with the infamous worm, the company claims. Conficker, also known as Downadup or Kido, is one of t... |
9 February 2009
09:03 GMT |
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The nasty Conficker worm, which comes in two flavors - Worm:Win32/Conficker.A and Worm:Win32/Conficker.B, is still lurking Windows 7 Beta, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP SP3 machines, but also releases of the Windows Server family, including Windows Server 2008 R2. The piece of malicious code has become ... |
23 January 2009
16:11 GMT |
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