Security researchers say a worm that has infected millions of computers worldwide has been reprogrammed to strengthen its defenses while also trying to attack more machines. Conficker, which takes ...

The Conficker worm, a nasty computer infection that has poisoned millions of PCs, will startramping up its efforts Wednesday to use those machines for cybercrimes. It's unclear whethereveryday PC ...

This story was written by CNET's Elinor Mills. The Conficker worm that has infected millions of Windows-based computers will likely be used to send spam and steal data much like one of the nastiest ...

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There’s no question that Conficker, aka Downadup, is a nasty piece of work. As a computer worm, it’s insidiously crafted to take control of an infected Windows PC, disable anti-malware protection and ...

— -- The Conficker worm is back in action and stumping security experts once again. One of the most craftily designed pieces of malware recently got an update and is finally starting to behave ...

Graphic: Diego Aguirre Where did the Conficker worm come from? Researchers at the University of Michigan are trying to find out, using a vast network of Internet sensors to track down the so-called ...

The Conficker worm has been a hot topic for months as white hats and black hats have struggled to one-up each other. When security teams broke the randomization cypher Conficker uses and were able to ...

A computer worm that has alarmed security experts around the world has crawled into hundreds of medical devices at dozens of hospitals in the United States and other countries, according to ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The fast-moving Conficker computer worm, a scourge of the Internet that has infected at least 3 million PCs, is set to spring to life in a new way on Wednesday -- April Fools' Day.

— -- The Conficker worm today has begun to phone home for instructions but has done little else. Conficker was programmed to today begin actively visiting 500 out of 50,000 randomly generated web ...

Last night the dreaded Conficker worm finally got the update we've been waiting for since April 1. But cyber Armageddon will have to wait another day. The botnet, as predicted here, is now dedicated ...