Conficker Worm Prepares For A New Release On April 1
March 27, 2009 by John Messina
(PhysOrg.com) -- The conficker worm created havoc last year when it infected over 10 million computers on a global scale. The unique design of the conficker worm allowed for this large scale attack to over 8 million business computers and scores of individual computers in 2008.
The conficker worm is periodically evolving by downloading updates that creates thousands of false domains daily to throw off security investigators. On the day it chooses to update, it selects 500 correct domains out of the 50,000 candidates to download malware and updates from.
• On the first release it tried to download and execute a file called loadav.exe. It turned out that the file was never uploaded and the next generation did away with this. This led investigators to believe it was a malware program trying to promote itself as fake antivirus software.
• The second release, the worm used Windows Services, on unpatched machines, to spread. This new release also had the power to spread over network shares by trying to log in autonomously into network machines with weak passwords. It developed the ability to infect USB sticks connected to infected machines, giving it another means of transmission.
• On the final and third release, which became know as the Downadup virus, peer-to-peer communication between infected systems was added to it's arsenal of weapons. The virus also added new domain-generation algorithms to help it disguise where it was receiving its updates from.
Microsoft is offering a bounty for the worm's writers and security experts are no closer to having any clue as to the individual or individuals who are writing the Conficker code.
As Conficker continues to spread and get smarter, there is little doubt it's creating an army of infected machines, one that can cause serious damage. On April 1 we will see the attacks be taken to the next level. One can only guess what this next release has in store for the Global Internet Community.
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The ONLY way I could see that happening, is if the antivirus companies themselves are developing the virus (which, btw, they DO have people on staff that do nothing but develop viruses so the code can be used to expand the AV softwares viral database)....I also wouldnt doubt that is the case with that being said.
we're still about a decade away, give or take a few years, from anything even approaching the capabilities of skynet...oih except for my domain controller bearing the same name...oh and about 50 of my buddies domain controllers as well :)
I for one have already asked Conficker into my heart and joyously await its arrival. The rest of you are screwed.
hilarious
You also share your loyalties to the FSM, don't you?
"At April 1 we will announce our new great virus!" *applause* "It will be more mysterious and dangerous than previos versions!"
Does this article have something to do with religion or is it that you can't help exercise your bigot fetish and troll like a moron on every thread you post on?
Because you bought into all of that "Mac is virus proof" crap?
If you were a sociopathic jerk and wanted write malicious code and really screw with a lot of people's lives would you....
a)Write said code so it will only effect 1% of the population, or...
b)Wrist said code so it will effect 99% of the population?
Don't break something thinking TOO hard about it...
All your base are belong to us!
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SOMEBODY SET US UP THE BOMB!!!!!
Terrible. You got your bad translation WRONG.
Its
"Somebody set us up the bomb."
Your way makes too much sense. Please get it right in the future.
A more appropriate choice of mistranslations would be:
You have no chance to survive make your time.
Ethelred
Not surprising.
FYI: if you've run windows update since July 08 you're all set.
I think you may have missed the joke, V. Here: youre about 10 years late, but Im sure its still funny.
http://www.youtub...ugh-fFgg
I think you missed the joke. I'm familiar with the poorly translated Japanese game, and the resulting internet All Your Base fad.
WORM BAD!!!!
Just wait, you'll see.
x646...-there is DoD code written into every operating system developed in the US. If a government entity were responsible, trust me, we would NEVER know the worm was ever even there. This isn't any government thing...they are pricks, and they steal our rights daily, BUT, this is the governments doing. The last I heard, this was suspected to come from eastern europe.
smokabowl420-1. love the name, can I join :D 2. When the hell is that coming out I wanna see it :D
Big Brother was watching, but he changed the channel because we're all boring, and he really doesn't care.
But let's forget I said anything about it in hind sight...I need to stop my drinking binge.... :|
I should have phrased it differently though, to reflect more of a backdoor, not specific code.
And as for agents at the cell phone companies, welcome to the 40's. The FCC regulates all radiowaves, including cellular, 3g, EVDO, and all the other nifty portable comm techs. They're antipiracy, as well as oversight.
Just because the NSA can record your conversation, and listen to it, doesn't mean they care about your conversations. You're too boring for Big Brother to care about. Seeing as you're on a free-range, searchable forum, you should probably also know that they can track every purchase you make with credit cards, all your usernames and passwords, what you have in your grocery cart at the chekout line, etc, etc. And since you've raised a slight "anti-governmental" statement in the past, you'd expect that they're watching you right now as you eat your english muffin and contemplate heading down to the basement for a jerk before work, but, they don't care.
There is secret service of all things at cell phone companies...I know an agent assigned to one who is basically family to me....and he/she (won't say) has been there for a few years now.
Oh and no, not speaking to the chip...
And I do agree, I myself, along with every last one of us in here is too boring to review, but that doesnt change the fact they ARE violating our right to privacy unconstitutionally.
Who better than secret service and the various militaries?