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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Ukraine helps disrupt US$72M Conficker hacking ring The hackers allegedly pushed fake antivirus software and then also stole banking details. Conficker, also known as "Downadup," was one of the most severe computer security problems in recent years
Friday, September 17, 2010
Enterprises to clamp down on downloads, predicts HP Organizations will have to institute a 'default deny' policy to keep malware out of their systems, the company's security division says
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Conficker a year later is a ‘loaded gun’ There are still 6.5 million PCs infected with Conficker/Downadup a year after the worm hit. The botnet has never been used and it’s just a matter of time before someone decides to pull the trigger
Friday, January 29, 2010
Round Table: 2009 in the rearview mirror, Part 4 IT World Canada debate the biggest stories of 2009: Conficker, Nortel, the cloud and more
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Network security threats to watch in 2010 Good patching procedures and outbound firewall rules will go far in protecting your organization from botnets, but hackers are now targeting Adobe Acrobat, the Symbian mobile operating system and other software. How to protect yourself from the threats of 2010
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
YEAR IN REVIEW: April 2009 The biggest stories of April included the collapse of the IBM-Sun deal, the rise of a new Oracle-Sun deal, rampant speculation of a Twitter purchase, a new Canadian CIO, widespread panic over the Conficker virus, and more
Monday, December 21, 2009
YEAR IN REVIEW: February 2009 In February 2009, the biggest stories included Conficker's evil twin, HTC launching a rival to Apple’s iPhone 3G, Facebook changing its terms of use, U.S. president Obama's promise of broadband across the U.S., and more
Friday, December 11, 2009
Zeus, Koobface, Conficker: How to put up a fight Cybercriminals may be innovative and audacious, but enterprises don’t need to be fancy to fight them. Cisco, Info-Tech and Microsoft weigh in on battling the top security threats of 2009
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Cisco gives Zeus, Koobface and Conficker awards Zeus is the most audacious criminal operation of the year and Koobface the most notable criminal innovation, according to Cisco’s Annual 2009 Security Report. On a positive note, the cybercrime sign of hope award goes to the Conficker Working Group. 
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
How B.C. hospitals deal with Conficker The Kelowna-based Interior Health Authority has selected 3Com’s TippingPoint intrusion prevention system to monitor Internet traffic and prevent threats from coming into remote access sites
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Fake security tools still big threat, worms on the rise A new edition of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report reveals the biggest threats to Canadians among worms, trojans, and rogue security software. A Toronto security expert says rogue security tools prey on fear and training
Friday, October 30, 2009
After one year, Conficker infects 7 million computers The worm has proved to be resilient and also is adept at infecting machines multiple times
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Conficker talk sanitized at Black Hat to protect investigation The chief security officer of F-Secure refused to take questions after his presentation because the perpetrators of the worm are still at large
Monday, June 01, 2009
Why security should be mundane Simple and repeatable security is boring, but, a columnist argues, it is also the best defence against threats
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Conficker infected tens of millions of machines – IBM A recent scanning by IBM of more than 2 million computers suggests that Conficker contaminated drastically more machines that initially thought 
Monday, March 30, 2009
Fake security software scammers jump on Conficker Google's search rankings are being manipulated in order to trick people into downloading bad software
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