Tag Archives: Malware

Conficker’s $9.1 billion estimated economic cost

Posted on April 26, 2009 by James

Source: Dancho Danchev @ ZDNet In a recent blog post, the Cyber Secure Institute claims that based on their previous studies into the average cost of such malware attacks, the economic loss due to the Conficker worm could be as … Continue reading →

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Conficker botnet installs scareware on infected computers

Posted on April 10, 2009 by James

Source: Ryan Naraine @ ZDnet The Conficker botnet has stirred to life, using its peer-to-peer communication system to update itself and download scareware (fake anti-virus programs) to millions of infected Windows machines. The Conficker update comes a week after a … Continue reading →

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#1 Internet Threat, Conficker, Gets A Fresh Update!

Posted on April 9, 2009 by James

Security researchers say a worm that has infected millions of computers worldwide has been reprogrammed to strengthen its defenses while also trying to attack more machines. Source: Jeremy Kirk @ CIO Security researchers say a worm that has infected millions … Continue reading →

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Conficker Worm Gets an Evil Twin

Posted on February 20, 2009 by James

The criminals behind the widespread Conficker worm have released a new version of the malware that could signal a major shift in the way the worm operates. Source: Robert McMillan @ CIO February 19, 2009 — IDG News Service — … Continue reading →

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