Conficker

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Did The US Create The Conficker Virus To Wipe Out Iran’s Nukes?

5:40AM December 6, 2011 | Adrian Covert

The Conficker worm was one of the more intriguing and potentially destructive pieces of malware in the past decade. Earlier reports have suggested that Stuxnet was created by the US and Israeli governments, and now Reuters has a source telling them Conficker was also used to negate Iran’s nuclear program. More »


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Tons Of Computers Still Infected With Conficker Worm, Apparently

6:40PM January 28, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Remember the great Conficker scare of 2008? Well although the botnet malware hasn’t done anything since beginning its infection rampage, the worm is still active on millions of computers and could be ordered into action at any point. More »


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Conficker Super Worm, In Memoriam

4:11AM May 15, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

In this month’s issue of The Atlantic, Mark Bowden takes a long, smart look at 2009′s biggest cybersecurity celebrity: the Conficker super worm. You can – and should – read the full article at The Atlantic. [Jon Phillips]


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Conficker Worm Hits U.S. Hospitals, Infecting Computers and Equipment

10:00AM May 1, 2009 | Adrian Covert

Cnet says that hundreds of critical hospital devices across the U.S. have been infected by the Conficker worm. The number of hospitals affected wasn’t disclosed, but the problem isn’t thought to be widespread.

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Conficker Worm Claims High Profile Victim: University of Utah

1:01AM April 13, 2009 | Jack Loftus

More than 700 med school computers at the University of Utah have fallen victim to the infamous Conficker worm. Gizmodo, we swear, had absolutely nothing to do with it. [AP via CNET]

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New PC Badges Help Us With our Conficker Decision

2:05AM April 11, 2009 | Jason Chen

Thanks, Italo, for mocking up these new PC badges. It’ll really help us decide which model to buy with our $US1500.

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The Conficker Virus Scams You $US50 To Remove It

7:37AM April 10, 2009 | Erica Ho

Kaspersky Labs discovered that Conficker is charging users $US49.95 in order to “remove” the virus from your system. Is it part of a larger business model where the makers intend to profit?

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Conficker’d Machines Are All Doing… Something

10:30PM April 9, 2009 | John Herrman

Whether it’s an actual functional update or a ploy to further inflate the worm’s horrifying reputation, an encrypted, mysterious thing is downloading to machines infected with Conficker C, right now.

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How the Conficker Problem Just Got Much Worse

4:00AM April 4, 2009 | John Mahoney

On the surface, April 1 came and went without a peep from the dreaded Conficker megaworm. But security experts see a frightening reality, one where Conficker is now more powerful and more dangerous than ever.


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