Checking the Conficker Eye Chart

The Conficker worm is back, said Tony Bradley in About.com. Two weeks ago, computer security experts warned that the evil malware known as Conficker was going to cripple the Internet on April 1, but “nothing really happened.” Now it appears that Conficker is delivering a new component to infected PCs—and there are millions of them—that will allow hackers to steal “sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, credit card numbers, and more.”

So, Conficker is no longer simply sitting quietly on infected computers hunting for more vulnerable computers to attack, said Erika Smith in the Indianapolis Star. But don’t panic. The worm exploits a hole in the Windows operating system that was patched in October, so you can download the fix to protect yourself. But the first step is checking out the Conficker Eye Chart, which can tell you if you’re computer is already infected.L33tdawg: Lance Spitzner, Founder of the Honeynet Project will be presenting an exclusive look at Conficker in GCC during next week's HITBSecConf2009 - Dubai. The presentation will focus on how Conficker works, the different variations that have been seen and how Conficker has impacted the GCC region as a whole.