when did it become a "superworm"? Common problem though - trying to manage and secure remote, intermittently connected computing devices that the organization may or may not own but access corporate resources - I blogged about it recently (w/funny Kevin Bacon pic)
*http://tinyurl.com/d43mwk* BTW - not sure it was posted but this is a great site http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org - props to those involved for finally putting the good guys on the right side of the OODA loop =) Amrit On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Juha-Matti Laurio < [email protected]> wrote: > "The House of Commons IT systems has reportedly been infected by the > infamous Conficker superworm, > which has previously infected millions of Windows PCs and affected the > operation of hospitals, military and large corporate systems. > > Political blog Dizzy Thinks first reported that a memo (below) sent out to > parliamentary IT network users > on Tuesday night warned that Conficker had disrupted the operation of > parliamentary systems." > --clip-- > > From the memo mentioned: > > "We are unable to clean PCs and portable computers which are either not > switched on or which are not authorised devices. > We therefore ask that if you are running a PC or portable computer not > authorised to be on the Network that you take it off immediately. > > * An additional characteristic of this virus is that for some types of > files it can skip direct to the Network > from a USB memory stick or other portable storage device (e.g. mp3 players) > without hitting the virus checker software. > We ask that for the time being you do not use memory sticks or any other > portable storage devices on the Parliamentary Network." > > More at > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/27/conficker_parliament_infection/ > > Juha-Matti > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. >
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