DocumentCode
1294522
Title
On the Trail of the Conficker Worm
Author
Lawton, George
Volume
42
Issue
6
fYear
2009
fDate
6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
19
Lastpage
22
Abstract
The recent Conficker worm has garnered considerable attention by infecting millions of machines and having the potential to cause many problems. Conficker has created a new level of cohesion between security, domain-name-administration, routing, and code-analysis professionals, according to the Shadowserver Foundation´s Di Mino.
Keywords
invasive software; Conficker worm; code-analysis professionals; domain-name-administration; Buffer overflow; Centralized control; Computer hacking; Computer security; Computer worms; File systems; Information security; Uniform resource locators; Universal Serial Bus; Viruses (medical); Buffer overflow; Conficker; Malware; Security and privacy; Worms;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computer
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9162
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MC.2009.198
Filename
5199587
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