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Conficker Worm to begin mayhem on April Fool's day |
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Written by Rebecca Mints
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Monday, 30 March 2009 05:36 |
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This coming April 1 will be a dark day for many Internet users. A worm called the Conficker will begin its mayhem on April Fool's day and do it everyday from then on when it generates some 50,000 pseudo-random domain names and infect many systems by downloading new commands from 500 of the generated domains. As early as today, security researchers have sounded the alarm on the dangers that Conficker pose to computers connected to unsecured networks. |
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Security researchers bat for cash incentives |
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Written by Rebecca Mints
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Friday, 27 March 2009 05:40 |
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Seeking 'legal options to monetize security research, three researchers who have been reporting about discovered bugs for free are now asking to be paid for their work. Dino Dai Zovi, Charlie Miller and Alex Sotirov said they will cease providing details of their research about newly found bugs unless they are properly compensated. |
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