Mark Bowden’s ‘Worm,’ About Conficker

Mr. Bowden, the author of such muscular nonfiction narratives as “Black Hawk Down” and “Guests of the Ayatollah,” writes about technology issues as a semi-civilian. He sounds more like a generalist who has armed himself with research than a natural cybergeek. (He cites science-fiction classics, fascinatingly obscure data and one…

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Conficker Virus: Real Threat or All Hype?

The recent publication of “Worm: The First Digital World War” by Mark Bowden (“Black Hawk Down”) has renewed interest in the Conficker worm, an insidious piece of malware that can quietly take over your computer without your knowledge. There’s a lot of confusing information flying around the Internet about the…

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Killing Conficker, 1000 days on

Comment: Why is a ‘headless’ worm still top of the malware ecosystem? View full post on computer worm – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security » Virus/Malware/Worms Gregory Evans | LinkedIn Interview With Gregory Evans Gregory Evans Security Expert Gregory Evans on Cyber Crime

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