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Conficker Launches Fake Antivirus Scam

Posted by Chris Monty in April 13th 2009  
Computer Worm

Wow, it’s been a busy week for the Conficker worm.  It was just a few hours ago that we posted the Conficker Eye Chart that you could use to see if your computer had been infected.
Now comes word that the Conficker worm “activated” over the weekend, as infected machines began to blast out spam messages [...]

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Tags: Amazon Security Solutions, Conficker, Conficker C, Kaspersky Anti Virus, Spyware Protect 2009

Conficker Updates, Downloads Payload; Removal Tool Released

Posted by Chris Monty in April 10th 2009  
Computer Worm

The Conficker worm is stirring.  Something is happening for sure, but no one is exactly sure what it is.
In the first few minutes of April 1, it turns out Conflicker actually DID do something.  It successfully called home for an update.
The immediate result wasn’t instant doomsday.  Instead, it got smart – the update contained instructions [...]

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Tags: BitDefender, Conficker, Conficker Virus, Conficker Worm, Conflicker Virus, Kaspersky Anti Virus, McAfee, Symantec, Trend Micro

GhostNet Can See AND Hear You!

Posted by Chris Monty in March 30th 2009  
Kaspersky Anti-Virus

Analysts in China are quick to dismiss claims that 1,300 computers in 100+ countries have been compromised and have become part of an espionage network called GhostNet, apparently based in China.
Researchers only discovered GhostNet after computers within the Dalai Lama’s office were compromised.
“This is purely another political issue that the West is trying to exaggerate,” [...]

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Tags: China, Dalai Lama, GhostNet, Hacks, Kaspersky Anti Virus, Security

GhostNet Spy System Hacks Computers in 103 Countries

Posted by Chris Monty in March 29th 2009  
derivative work, center piece by Nat

Canadian researchers have concluded that a gigantic spying operation has compromised computers and has swiped documents from hundreds of private and government locations worldwide, even those of the Dalai Lama.
In a report likely to be released at some time this weekend, the researchers said that the system was being run mainly by computers in China, [...]

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Tags: Dalai Lama, GhostNet, Hacks, Kaspersky Anti Virus, Malware, Security

Alert: Firefox Security Warning

Posted by Chris Monty in March 27th 2009  
Mozilla Firefox

PC World is reporting on a new vulnerability in Mozilla’s Firefox browser.
Mozilla’s Director of Security Engineering is referring to this as a “critical” issue.  A fix is scheduled for release along with a version update at the start of next week.
The attack code, written by security researcher Guido Landi was published on several security sites [...]

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Tags: Firefox, Kaspersky Anti Virus, Mozilla Firefox, Security

.UK and .CA Registries Prepare for Conficker C Worm

Posted by Chris Monty in March 25th 2009  
Image representing Microsoft as depicted in Cr...

As we reported yesterday, the Conficker C worm (AKA “Conflicker”) is set to reappear on April Fools Day, and with a vengeance.
The Conficker C worm is expected to wreak havoc, with the BBC reporting that the new strain will randomly select 500 domain servers each day from a pool of 50,000.
Nominet, the registry operator for [...]

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Tags: Amazon Security Solutions, Conficker, Conficker C, Conficker Virus, Conficker Worm, Conflicker Virus, Kaspersky Anti Virus

Conficker C Worm to Activate on April Fool’s Day

Posted by Chris Monty in March 24th 2009  
conficker-c

The Conficker C worm is no joke.
As we have discussed here before, the April 1 virus (really it’s a worm) is spreading fast – it’s already infected between 5 million and 10 million computers. 
Microsoft is even offering a $250,000 reward to anyone who can stop it.
Now, a group of anti-worm researchers have teamed up [...]

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Tags: Conficker, Conficker C, Conficker Virus, Kaspersky Anti Virus, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Security, Windows Update

Downadup Virus (AKA Conflicker): 9 Million Windows Computers Already Compromised

Posted by Chris Monty in January 20th 2009  
Image representing Windows as depicted in Crun...

F-Secure’s chief research officer, Nikko Hypponen, told AP Digital in a phone interview that there’s currently an incredibly fast-spreading computer virus moving through the U.S., Europe and Asia. It has already infected as many as 9 million Windows-based computers. According to F-Secure, it is migrating “more rapidly through corporate networks than anything seen [...]

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Tags: Amazon Security Solutions, Conficker, Conficker C, Conficker Virus, Conficker Worm, Conflicker Virus, Kaspersky Anti Virus, Malware, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Security

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