The conficker Botnet is dead some security researchers say but according to Qualys, a security risk and compliance management provider, about 10% of the hundreds of thousands of Windows systems it monitors for customers have not yet applied Microsoft‘s MS08-067 security update. MS08-067, an out-of-band release that shipped in October 2008, patched a bug in the service Windows uses to [...]

Waledac Bot Net infections Map Photo:  Microsoft Waledac is a worm that is capable of harvesting and forwarding password information. It is capable of receiving commands from a remote server. Commands include instructions on functions to perform (for example, update malware components or send information from the infected computer). Waledac spreads in an e-mail attachment. The name of the e-mail [...]

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