Just in time for October’s Cyber Security Awareness Month, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a guide to help small businesses and organizations understand how to provide basic security for their information, systems and networks. NIST has also created a video that explores the reasons small businesses need to secure their [...]
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New Computer Security Guide Can Help Safeguard Your Small Business
Thursday, October 8th, 2009Conficker worm hits University of Utah computers
Monday, April 13th, 2009Source: The Associated Press – Salt Lake City
University of Utah officials say a computer virus has infected more than 700 campus computers, including those at the school’s three hospitals.
University health sciences spokesman Chris Nelson said the outbreak of the Conficker worm, which can slow computers and steal personal information, was first detected Thursday. By Friday, [...]
Conficker Removal – Disinfection Tool
Friday, April 10th, 2009Source: ThreatPost/ZDNet
How to fight network worm Conficker
Symptoms of network infection.
1. Network traffic volume increases if there are infected PCs in the network, because network attack starts from these PCs.
2. Anti-Virus product with enabled Intrusion Detection System informs of the attack Intrusion.Win.NETAPI.buffer-overflow.exploit
Short description of the Net-Worm.Win32.Kido family.
1. It creates files autorun.inf and RECYCLED\{SID<….>}\RANDOM_NAME.vmx on [...]
Conficker botnet installs scareware on infected computers
Friday, April 10th, 2009Source: 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 heavily-hyped April 1st activation date and provides the first sign of the motivation behind this malware threat [...]
Lirba Sotnot Virus – Worse than Conficker Worm?
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009NOTE: Yes, this was a April Fool’s joke. – Ryan
Source: Confidential
Reports have been pouring in from all over about a new worm released today with devastating effects. Some say that the actions taken by the worm can lead to worse damages than what has and continues to be caused by the already notorious “Conficker Worm”. [...]
