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2008 computer worm
Conficker, also known as Downup, Downadup and Kido, is a computer worm targeting the Microsoft Windows operating system that was first detected in November 2008. It uses flaws in Windows OS software and dictionary attacks on administrator passwords to propagate while forming a botnet, and has been unusually difficult to counter because of its combined use of many advanced malware techniques. The Conficker worm infected millions of computers including government, business and home computers in over 190 countries, making it the largest known computer worm infection since the 2003 SQL Slammer worm. Wikipedia →
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- Read the landmark paper: A Large-Scale Empirical Study of ConfickerCited 54 times
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A Large-Scale Empirical Study of Conficker
On the Trail of the Conficker Worm
Visualizing and Modeling the Scanning Behavior of the Conficker Botnet in the Presence of User and Network Activity
Inside risksReflections on Conficker
Hybrid Epidemics—A Case Study on Computer Worm Conficker
At the boundaries of peer production: The organization of Internet security production in the cases of Estonia 2007 and Conficker
A Source Analysis of the Conficker Outbreak from a Network Telescope
Bonn discovers partial solution to Conficker infections
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