Conficker does little more than frighten. Google offers an inside view, while Verizon packs promises. Also: Microsoft settles with TomTom. Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been ...
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 ...
On Tuesday, computers infected by the Conficker worm woke up and downloaded a new variant. One conundrum: They don’t know why it has a kill switch that apparently kicks in on May 3. Also, the new ...
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 ...
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] ...
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 ...