(c) 2011, Bloomberg News As a narrative, Mark Bowden’s “Worm” The First Digital World War” leaves something to be desired. As a warning, it’s distinctly unnerving. “Worm” (Atlantic Monthly Press, $25) is the story of Conficker, a nasty piece of software injected into the Internet’s bloodstream in 2008. Since then…
Conficker Worm Creates Army of Drone Computers, Awaits Orders
As a narrative, Mark Bowden’s “Worm” leaves something to be desired. As a warning, it’s distinctly unnerving. View full post on computer worm – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security » Virus/Malware/Worms Gergory Evans
Bot army being assembled and awaiting orders
An enormous army of infected computers is being assembled, but it’s unclear yet what purpose they will be put to. Wave after wave of malicious email attachments has been sent out since August, and with average success rates for such mailings, millions of machines could be compromised, says internet security…
Attacks show need for cyber intelligence: study – Army News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq – Army Times
A new study warns that the U.S. must develop cyber intelligence as a new and better coordinated government discipline that can predict computer-related threats and deter them. View full post on russia cyber attacks – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security