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Stories about: Conficker update

Conficker Gets New Update via P2P Trend Micro malware analysts have noticed an update being pushed to computers infected with Conficker, through the worm's peer-to-peer communication protocol. The new component features a self-destruct mechanism and points to a connection with the Waledac family of malware. The analysis was slow-paced, because ... 9 April 2009 06:42 GMT Security Researchers Find Weakness in Conficker Security researchers from the Honeynet Project have developed a simple proof-of-concept network scanner that is able to identify machines infected with the infamous Conficker worm. The tool leverages a weakness in the worm's own patch for the Windows vulnerability it uses to get in. Conficker is one of the mos... 31 March 2009 06:37 GMT