Conficker-C: A technical analysis

Graham Cluley
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Niall Fitzgibbon and Mike Wood in SophosLabs have written a detailed technical paper analysing the latest version of the Conficker worm.

Cover of Conficker technical paper

It’s an excellent piece of research, but not for the faint-hearted so be sure to be wearing your propeller hat before downloading the PDF of “Conficker-C – a technical analysis”.

By the way, don’t be put off by the date being April the first. This isn’t an April fool. We’re not the kind of guys to do that kind of thing..

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Graham Cluley is an award-winning keynote speaker who has given presentations around the world about cybersecurity, hackers, and online privacy. A veteran of the computer security industry since the early 1990s, he wrote the first ever version of Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows, makes regular media appearances, and hosts the popular "Smashing Security" podcast. Follow him on LinkedIn, Bluesky and Mastodon, or drop him an email.

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