SAN FRANCISCO – Even if it’s not an April Fools’ joke, the latest moves by the dreaded Conficker worm are by no means an Internet Armageddon, either. The worm’s alarming outbreak entered a new phase ...

Variants of the Conficker worm were still active and spreading during the third quarter, accounting for much of attack traffic on the Internet, according to Akamai Technologies. “Although mainstream ...

The critical bug that Microsoft confirmed Monday but has yet to patch is a prime candidate for another Conficker-scale attack, a security researcher said. “It’s better than [the vulnerability used by] ...

An old, but little-known worm has copied some of the infection strategies of Conficker, the worm that raised a ruckus last week, Microsoft security researchers said late Friday. Neeris, which harks to ...

Russia and Brazil replaced China and the U.S. as the top two sources of attack traffic, according to Akamai's State of the Internet report Variants of the Conficker worm were still active and ...

The critical flaw that Microsoft confirmed on Monday — but has yet to patch — is a prime candidate for another Conficker-scale attack, a security researcher said. The critical bug that Microsoft ...

Variants of the Conficker worm were still active and spreading during the third quarter, accounting for much of attack traffic on the Internet, according to Akamai Technologies. Variants of the ...