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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It’s truly amazing the lengths to which nefarious hackers will go to install malware on your computer.
This little scheme is actually quite cunning.  It seems like a particularly evil twist to offline affiliate marketing.
Now, someone appears to be combining malware distribution with one of life’s necessary evils: parking tickets.
SANS Institute researcher Lenny Zeltser [...]

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