Conficker
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Conficker (a.k.a. Downup, Downadup or Kido) is a notorious computer worm which was first detected in November of 2008. It targeted port 445 of the Windows XP operating system, trying to pull computers into its botnet. Although efforts have been made to stop it, this worm is still on the loose among older vulnerable systems.[1][2] Perhaps the greatest threat to it is obsolescence, since it cannot infect the newer patched Windows systems, Linux systems, or the Mac OS.
Notes
- In November of 2015 (seven years later), the news broke that Conficker was found pre-installed on police body cameras provided by Martel Electronics[3]
References
- â Worm: The First Digital World War by Mark Bowden
- â https://www.sans.org/security-resources/malwarefaq/conficker-worm.php
- â http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/11/police-body-cams-found-pre-installed-with-notorious-conficker-worm