The Continuing Conficker Menace

Posted by Giselle on January 11, 2009

Security centers around the world have found that the famed conficker worm has again sprung back to life at the expected time and date April 1, April Fools Day. This was marked by updates sent to the sleeping code that told it to revise it’s strategy allowing it to circumvent many of the measures put in place to battle the long running malware that is estimated to have infected 9 million computers according to the latest estimates.
The worm’s actual code has been cracked but with so much area to cover, experts are at a loss at what the aim of the particular malware is, DoS attacks, identity theft and many more have been noted but with the recent update comes another more virulent version Conficker.D or Downadup as it is know to other security software has again spread panic on the web. The worm has prompted a re-issuance of another rewards program by Microsoft at $250,000 for anybody who could provide information that could lead to the arrest of the perpetrators or creators of the said malware. The move has raised awareness and people have been on the lookout for the said information yet the creators remain to be caught as the worm continues to evolve.