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...says Rodney Joffe, director of the Conficker Working Group, an industry group...should be under no illusions that the Conficker problem is solved or that it no...victory over Conficker, Joffe says the Conficker Working Group has made tremendous... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/09/15/237727/Printers-at-risk-of-Conficker-worm.htm
...cyber terrorism yet, but it is technically possible and just about everyone depends on the internet," he said. The Conficker worm has shown that criminals are able to build botnets of millions of hijacked computers. "This means it is possible... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/12/10/239675/Goverments-must-unite-to-head-off-cyber-terrorism-threat-says.htm
...computers around the world, said Rodney Joffe, director of the Conficker Working Group. Conficker is a perfect platform to...addresses associated with two UK airports have shown up in the Conficker Working Group's routine scans in recent weeks. Although... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/09/15/237716/Businesses-ignore-Conficker-at-their-peril-warns-expert.htm
...growing rapidly Statistics published by the Conficker Working Group (CWG) show that the Conficker worm continues to infect millions of computers...intentions of the cybercriminals behind the Conficker worm are still unknown. It has turned out... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/02/238376/conficker-infections-still-growing-rapidly.htm
...software will send thousands of "digital ants" through computer networks to monitor for cybercriminal intrusions such as the conficker worm. If one detects a problem, it alerts all the others to focus on that part of the network to join the fight... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/09/28/237891/swarming-intelligence-guides-us-it-security-research.htm
...dictionary words and common passwords like "admin" or "1234" as these are easy for hackers to crack, said Cluley. The Conficker worm uses lists of 200 common passwords to attempt to access other computers on the network. This means if one... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/03/10/235217/web-users-stick-to-one-password-survey-reveals.htm
...mobile phones, photocopiers, scanners, even network-connected freezers, and suddenly the reported story of the Conficker worm infecting medical equipment (more embedded devices) is only the tip of the iceberg. Some simple questions... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/24/238082/Security-managers-must-keep-pace-with-weak-points-in-connected.htm
...panic, says security expert Warwick Ashford Wednesday 01 April 2009 09:15 Businesses should not panic about the Conficker worm, but there should be a modicum of concern, says Conficker researcher Dan Kaminsky. The worm, believed... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/04/01/235489/conficker-worm-no-need-to-panic-says-security-expert.htm
...corporate networks, compromise websites, and steal personal information and money. The researchers found that the Conficker worm, which began infecting computer systems late last year by exploiting a Windows operating system vulnerability... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/15/236909/Cybercriminals-adopt-business-strategies.htm
...news always grabs the public’s attention, especially if many millions of PC users are at risk from the likes of the Conficker worm, the w32 worm, lsass.exe worm or the Melissa worm or Nimda worm of past years. Internet worms frequently... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/09/28/236586/Worm-news.htm

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...Qualys Adds Remote Detection of the Conficker Worm Published 2nd April 2009...Detect the Multiple Variants of the Conficker Worm on their Global Networks...that it added remote detection of the Conficker Worm, which has been spreading... http://www.itbinternet.com/pr/26330
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