DHS Studying Global Response to Conficker Botnet

One year after the Conficker botnet was front-page news around the world, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is preparing a report looking at the worldwide effort to keep it in check. The report, to be published within the month, shows how an ad hoc group of security researchers and Interne...

On the Hunt for Conficker

There are several ongoing investigations attempting to find the authors of the Conficker botnet, one of the fastest spreading worms in history, but those responsible for the worm have proven elusive. Read the full article. TechTarget...

Eugene Kaspersky: Conficker could have been much worse

From CNet News Liam Tung Cybercrime fighter Eugene Kaspersky can’t help but be impressed by the slick operations behind the Conficker botnet, and says that it could have been worse had the botnet been after more than just money. “They are high-end engineers who write code in a good way,” Kaspersk...