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Confickr still alive and making money

posted onJanuary 22, 2009
by hitbsecnews

Confickr is a little more than two weeks old and has infected an estimated nine million machines, confounding security experts on how to handle one of the worst worm outbreaks in years, DarkReading.com reports.

Security officials said the situation is unique because worms weren't considered as an effective way to make money in cybercrime, according to the article. However, the hackers behind the massive worm have devised an innovative way to spread the attack, making it hard to catch and quarantine.

Instead of using spam emails, the worm initially attacked the Microsoft MS08-067 vulnerability in Windows, allowing it to infiltrate network security. This allowed the worm to spread through open network shares, weak passwords and removable USB drives.

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