Posts Tagged worm

U.K. parliament computers get Confickered

Posted on March 28, 2009 by sonicmind

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 practices that [...]

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Melissa virus turns 10

Posted on March 28, 2009 by sonicmind

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 to [...]

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