iPhone Worm Was Simple, Yet Effective, Analysis Shows

The iKee worm that was infecting jailbroken iPhones last month was a simple, yet effective, piece of software that shows how easy it might be for an attacker to create a fairly large, functioning botnet comprising mobile devices, an analysis of the worm shows. Researchers at SRI International’s...

SRI releases Conficker scanner source code

The experts at SRI International, who have been tracking the Conficker worm as closely as anyone, have released the source code to the scanner they wrote to detect the active P2P scanning that Conficker-infected machines perform. The Conficker worm exhibits a number of interesting characteristics...

Honeynet Project finds way to fingerprint Conficker infections

Just days ahead of an April 1st activation date for the Conficker worm, a pair of security researchers from the Honeynet Project have scored a major breakthrough, finding a way to remotely and anonymously fingerprint the malware on infected networks. Now, with the help of Dan Kaminsky and Rich...