Conficker worm could be ‘weaponized,’ web security researcher warns November 2, 2009 http://www.mxlogic.com/securitynews/viruses-worms/conficker-worm-could-be-weaponized-web-security-researcher-warns574.cfm In the year since the inception of the Conficker worm, a malicious strain of virus that has infected computers all over the globe, security researchers have tracked its spread to as many as 7 million machines. Although internet security researchers at the …
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Apr
13
Conficker Worm Awakens, Downloads Rogue Anti-virus Software
Security experts nervously watching computers infested with the prolific Conficker computer worm say they have begun seeing infected hosts downloading additional software, including a new rogue anti-virus product. Since its debut late last year, the collection of hundreds of thousands – if not millions – of systems sick with Conficker has somewhat baffled security researchers, who …
Apr
10
Conficker wakes up, updates via P2P, drops payload
The Conficker worm is finally doing something–updating via peer-to-peer between infected computers and dropping a mystery payload on infected computers, Trend Micro said on Wednesday. Researchers were analyzing the code of the software that is being dropped onto infected computers but suspect that it is a keystroke logger or some other program designed to steal …