In February, Microsoft announced a $250,000 bounty for anyone who came to them with information leading to the arrest of the author of the infamous Conficker worm. In just four months (starting in November 2008 to the time of the bounty: February) the worm was suspected to have infected upwards of ten million computers world-wide and doesn’t show signs of slowing down any time soon. With a reward on the author’s head that high, you know something must be special about this worm. Let’s take a look.
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Analysis: Conficker Can Take Over The World
Posted in Worms, tagged analysis, conficker, conficker cabal, downadup, how it works, url generation on April 13, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Malware Brainstorm 