Utterly fascinating (albeit long...) article on the history of the infamous "Conficker" worm. I had never realized just how sophisticated - and let's be honest, clever - it was/is.
Spoiler: The worm is still out there, lying dormant in a massive botnet estimated at over 6.5 million computers in size. And security researchers aren't entirely sure they can ever truly eradicate or contain it...
Spoiler: The worm is still out there, lying dormant in a massive botnet estimated at over 6.5 million computers in size. And security researchers aren't entirely sure they can ever truly eradicate or contain it...
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