Security researchers say a worm that has infected millions of computers worldwide has been reprogrammed to strengthen its defenses while also trying to attack more machines. Conficker, which takes ...

This story was written by CNET's Elinor Mills. The Conficker worm that has infected millions of Windows-based computers will likely be used to send spam and steal data much like one of the nastiest ...

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The Conficker worm. With the global botnet programmed to accept new instructions beginning today, The New York Times called it an "unthinkable disaster" in the making. CBS's 60 Minutes said the worm ...

There’s no question that Conficker, aka Downadup, is a nasty piece of work. As a computer worm, it’s insidiously crafted to take control of an infected Windows PC, disable anti-malware protection and ...

Graphic: Diego Aguirre Where did the Conficker worm come from? Researchers at the University of Michigan are trying to find out, using a vast network of Internet sensors to track down the so-called ...

The Conficker worm has been a hot topic for months as white hats and black hats have struggled to one-up each other. When security teams broke the randomization cypher Conficker uses and were able to ...

The Conficker worm doesn’t directly have anything to do with NAC, but as is the case when any pervasive attack becomes high profile, vendors leap in to point out how their products could have ...

The security industry is currently riding high on a string of successful malware-friendly ISP takedowns, but the rising specter of a new major botnet has driven spam levels back to previous levels ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The fast-moving Conficker computer worm, a scourge of the Internet that has infected at least 3 million PCs, is set to spring to life in a new way on Wednesday -- April Fools' Day.

Last night the dreaded Conficker worm finally got the update we've been waiting for since April 1. But cyber Armageddon will have to wait another day. The botnet, as predicted here, is now dedicated ...

There has been a big break in the Conficker worm that threatens to activate and cause a lot of havoc on April 1: German researchers at the Honeynet Project have been able to fingerprint the malware on ...