Members of an informal global alliance of computer security specialists who have been trying to eradicate a malicious software program known as Conficker said Tuesday that they were seeing early attempts by the program to communicate with a control server. The researchers said they were uncertain if it had been successful.The Conficker software, which has spread aggressively around the globe since October and is designed to lash together infected machines into a powerful computer known as a botnet, has touched off widespread concern.
http://nytimes.com/2009/04/01/technology/internet/01virus.htmlDHS Releases Conficker/Downadup Computer Worm Detection Tool [news release]
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today the release of a DHS-developed detection tool that can be used by the federal government, commercial vendors, state and local governments, and critical infrastructure owners and operators to scan their networks for the Conficker/Downadup computer worm.
http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1238443907751.shtmAntivirus companies’ worst fears realised as Conficker does… nothing
The antivirus industry’s worst nightmare has come true – again. After weeks warning us that the Conficker worm (aka downadup) might set off an internet conflagration when millions of infected Windows PCs started looking today for new control codes, the worst possible thing has happened:Nothing.Conficker worms causing havoc? Distributed denial of service (DDos) against Google, Yahoo, Microsoft? Nope. Huge screens at the G20 conference taken over by images of a laughing Joker? Nope.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/apr/01/conficker-worm-virus-april-effectsConficker’s Zero Hour Arrives Without Event — Yet [IDG]
An expected activation of the Conficker.c worm at midnight on April 1 passed without incident, despite sensationalized fears that the Internet itself might be affected, but security researchers said users aren’t out of the woods yet.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/162357/.html
http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/03/31/Conficker_activation_passes_quietly_but_threat_isnt_over_1.htmlhttp://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?NewsID=113667
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/040109-conficker-activation-passes-quietly-but.htmlConficker virus activates – but no computer chaos yet
Computer experts watched warily today as a virus infecting millions of PCs activated itself as predicted on April 1.But fears of internet chaos have proved unfounded – so far – as machines infected with the “Conficker” worm tried to establish a link to command servers as expected from midnight to no ill effect.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6013825.ece
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