Nmap NSE 6.01: p2p-conficker

Checks if a host is infected with Conficker.C or higher, based on Conficker's peer to peer communication. When Conficker.C or higher infects a system, it opens four ports: two TCP and two UDP. The ports are random, but are seeded with the current week and the IP of the infected host. By determini...

Critical infrastructure security still lagging

The interdependencies and interconnections of the networks that run the country’s critical infrastructure assets such as water, power and gas have created a dangerously fragile system in which security is just now becoming a priority, experts say. For years the priorities for these networks have...