Conficker Worm — Patch Now, Not Later
Conficker (also known as Downadup) has dominated security headlines for months. Today — April 1, 2009 — media coverage peaks because variant Conficker.C is programmed to check a larger set of domain names for update instructions. The worm has not melted the internet overnight, but the attention is useful if it pushes lagging patches out the door. Defense is mostly discipline, not mystery. How It Spreads Conficker exploits failures administrators have warned about for years: ...