Posts Tagged Conficker

U.K. parliament computers get Confickered

You’d think the British government would be up on the latest and greatest security practices, but apparently even officials there have their problems. The U.K. parliament’s computer network has been infected with the Conficker worm, according to the Dizzy Thinks blog. In his own blog post, Trend Micro security researcher Rik Ferguson questioned the security [...]

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Melissa virus turns 10

A decade ago there was no Facebook, no iPhone, and no Conficker. There was dial-up and AOL and a nasty virus called Melissa that ended up being the fastest spreading virus at the time. CNET News talked to Dmitry Graznov, a senior research architect at McAfee Avert Labs who was among the researchers who worked [...]

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