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The "no bull" guide to Conficker
blogs.zdnet.com - 4/1/2009
The "no bull" guide to Conficker
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I usually have a pretty good idea of how widespread a particular piece of malware is by the number of incidents of infection (or reports of infection) that I come across. But when it comes to the Conficker worm (aka Downadup or Kido), I get the feeling that while there's a lot of hype ...
confickerworkinggroup.org - 4/3/2009
Conficker Eye Chart
— confickerworkinggroup.org — Conficker (aka Downadup, Kido) is known to block access to over 100 anti-virus and security websites. If... you are blocked from loading the remote images in the first row of the top table above (AV/security sites) but not blocked from loading the ... (more) Conficker Eye Chart

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f-secure.com - 3/27/2009
Questions and Answers: Conficker and April 1st
— f-secure.com — Q: I heard something really bad is going to happen on the Internet on April 1st! Will... it? A: No, not really. Q: Seriously, the Conficker worm is going to do something bad on April 1st, right? A: The Conficker aka Downadup worm is going to change ... (more) Questions and Answers: Conficker and April 1st

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doxpara.com - 3/30/2009
Taming Conficker, The Easy Way
— doxpara.com — We may not know what the Conficker authors have in store for us on April 1st, but... I doubt many network administrators want to find out. Maybe they don't have to: I've been working with the Honeynet Project's Tillmann Werner and Felix Leder, who ... (more) Taming Conficker, The Easy Way

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ZDNet News - News Page One:  Conficker tracking - all's quiet, so far

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Conficker tracking - all's quiet, so far
ZDNet News - News Page One — ... seeing the same amount of traffic on Wednesday as he had been seeing the past few days in Asia-Pacific. March 31, 4:00 p.m. PDT: The Conficker worm is stirring on some infected computers in Asia where it's April 1, but so far the activity is very tame, security researchers say. "We've seen activity in honeypot machines in Asia...They're generating the 50,000 list of (potential) domains to contact," said Paul Ferguson, an advanced threats researcher for Trend Micro. See also: The 'no bull' guide to Conficker ...

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