Conficker
Malware Infected Memory Cards of 3,000 Vodafone Mobiles
...the device's 8GB microSD memory card was infected with a client for the now-defunct Mariposa botnet, the Conficker worm and a password stealer for the Lineage game. Vodafone said then it...
Malware found on HTC Android phone from Vodafone
The malware turned out to be related to the Mariposa botnet, but there was other malware on the device too--Conficker and a Lineage password-stealing Trojan, he said. A Vodafone...
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...with the botnet. Mariposa's autorun configuration may have overwritten Conficker's autorun capability, Bustamante said. Conficker is a worm that still infects millions of machines...
Is chasing cybercrooks worth it?
...also are a number of notable mass-computer infections for which no mastermind was ever pinpointed, including the Conficker outbreak last year, in which 5 to 10 million computers were...
Police shut down Mariposa hacker ring
...in 190 countries were compromised, though some machines might have been using multiple addresses. The Conficker network, which was discovered last year and blocked from further...
Another NHS hospital stricken with Conficker virus
Posted in Malware, 18th February 2010 15:05 GMT Analysis The infamous Conficker worm has infected yet another NHS facility. Computer systems at the West Middlesex University Hospital...
CIA-linked startup touts all-seeing eye for net spooks
A search for "Nuclear Power Corporation of India", for example, brings up a list of computers still infected with Conficker, the Windows worm that spread around the world initially via a...
Conficker outbreak infects Leeds hospital servers
...9th February 2010 00:25 GMT Servers on the network of Leeds Primary Care NHS Trust were struck down by the Conficker worm late last week. The malware infection struck on Friday and...
"A team of experts is now working on removing the virus, and will not reconnect until we are sure there is no further threat. " No details regarding how the infection occurred have been disclosed, but Sophos senior technology consultant Graham Cluley argued in a blog post that an infected USB stick is the most likely method, saying "Malware like the Conficker worm can spread via infected memory sticks, taking advantage of the AutoRun facility to execute on computers, and has been a common route for virus distribution in recent years. Although companies can't strip search employees in order to prevent USB memory sticks being brought into their organisations, they can take steps to help fight the problem of unauthorised devices being attached to their network. "
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Conficker Still Wreaking Havoc; Why No PM?
This is one of those problems that could so easily be avoided, and yet there it is; Conficker is still infecting so many machines in so many places. Of course virus activity has gotten more...
Manchester cops recover from Conficker
...once again able to run inquiries on the Police National Computer on Wednesday morning, after techies purged a Conficker worm infection from the force's network. The malware infection left...
Manchester cops clobbered by Conficker
...a comparative cost analysis Greater Manchester Police's computer network has been infected by the infamous Conficker worm, leaving beat cops unable to run computer checks on suspected...
Conficker jams up developing interwebs
Uber-botnet already used to sling scareware Posted in Malware, 17th December 2009 10:12 GMT The infamous Conficker worm has disproportionally affected computer systems in the...
