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Conficker: GNU/Linux's way to mainstream
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| I personally hope that the Conficker/Downup/Downadup/Kido computer worm —
| that surfaced in October 2008 and targets the Microsoft Windows operating
| system, that activates on April 1st — shows Windows users just how insecure
| the Windows operating system is, and how slow Microsoft is to react to it,
| and “patch” it.
|
| The Windows operating system has always been insecure — and I don’t mean as
| in self-esteem, although :b
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http://jakedth.tumblr.com/post/91483836/conficker-gnu-linuxs-way-to-mainstream
Repeat after me: Conficker is a Windows virus
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| Why does the general media - and quite often the tech media too - avoid
| naming the culprit? Is it because they are afraid of offending Microsoft? Or
| is it plain ignorance?
|
| If you leave Swiss cheese lying around your pantry, can you blame mice for
| wanting to creep in and eat it at night?
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/24165/1148/
Letter from a CIO: why Conficker won't hurt our company
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| You know a virus is making it in the news when your network’s users start
| asking you about it (instead of the latest round of "good news virus"
| hoaxes.) It's prudent for those in technical leadership roles to send out
| encouraging messages why nobody need panic. Here’s a template e-mail you can
| copy-and-paste, with versions for Windows, Linux and Mac infrastructures!
|
| [...]
|
| Dear all,
|
| You may have heard about a super-virus which is being discussed in the
| mainstream media. Some have asked me about this and I appreciate their
| concern for the safety of our data and systems.
|
| I'd like to take this opportunity to give assurance to everyone that Initech
| takes seriously the integrity and security of its information.
|
| This is the reason why we use the Linux operating system exclusively, for our
| servers and desktop and laptop computers. It is impervious to this latest
| virus threat which, like every other one, affects inferior systems running
| Microsoft Windows.
|
| This virus threat will not – and in fact can not – infect any of our
| computing devices and tomorrow will be business as usual.
|
| Your home computers may not necessarily be so safe. Consequently, you might
| like to take this opportunity to consider installing Ubuntu Linux instead.
|
| Have a great day!
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/24160/1231/
It’s raining free Conficker protection: get it now!
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| The dreaded Conficker worm is constantly in the news these days, with
| consumers and businesses worldwide now bracing themselves for another
| expected attack from the malicious worm predicted to sweep the Internet on
| April Fool’s Day tomorrow.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/24146/1231/
Scareware scammers latch onto Conficker hype
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| Scammers are taking advantage of the huge interest in the
| impending "activation" of the Conficker superworm by poisoning search engine
| results.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/31/conficker_search_scam/
How will the April Fools' computer worm affect you?
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| Conficker.c is a worm, a malicious program thought to have already infected
| between 5 million and 10 million computers.
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| Those infections haven't spawned many symptoms, but on April 1 a master
| computer is scheduled to gain control of these zombie machines, said Don
| DeBolt, director of threat research for CA, a New York-based IT and software
| company.
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http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/31/april.fools.computer.virus/index.html?eref=rss_tech
Busted! Conficker's tell-tale heart uncovered
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| Security experts have made a breakthrough in their five-month battle against
| the Conficker worm, with the discovery that the malware leaves a fingerprint
| on infected machines that is easy to detect using a variety of off-the-shelf
| network scanners.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/30/conficker_signature_discovery/
53 Pages, 10 Months, 1295 Infected Hosts, 103 Countries, And They Still Can't
Say "Windows Malware"
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| "Vast Spy System Loots Computers in 103 Countries"-- sounds promising, right?
| In the New York Times, no less, so it should be good. Well, no, I was rather
| disappointed at yet another security analysis that left out vital
| information-- which operating systems and applications were vulnerable. If it
| were Linux or Mac do you think they would be so tight-lipped? Why is the
| Dalai Lama running Windows?
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http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2009/03/53-pages-10-mon.html
Counting down to Conficker
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| "No one knows who controls Conficker, so it could be controlled by
| terrorists," he writes. "It could also be controlled by the kid who played
| Urkel on 'Family Matters.' "
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http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/Counting_down_to_Conficker_42197752.html
Recent:
Final countdown to Conficker 'activation' begins
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| Starting on 1 April, Windows PCs infected by the latest variant of the
| Conficker worm (Conficker-C) will start attempting to contact a sample of
| 50,000 pre-programmed potential call-home web servers from which they might
| receive updates, a massive increase on the 250 potential web server locales
| used by earlier variants of the code.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/26/conficker_activation_analysis/
Virus strikes 15 million PCs
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| A virulent computer virus has infected as many as 15 million computers around
| the world so far, according to various estimates.
|
| The virus -- a self-replicating computer worm known as Downadup, Conficker or
| Kido -- spreads across computer networks using Microsoft Windows software
| which have not been patched or updated properly. Microsoft issued a patch
| that fixes the vulnerability the virus exploits last October.
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http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/26/Virus_strikes_15_million_PCs/UPI-19421232924206/
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