Posted on 07/12/2010 9:51:52 AM PDT by tx_eggman
Conficker is a computer worm which has been infecting PC's on the Internet since November 2008. Worryingly, nothing is publicly known of its mission, because it has yet to do anything of great note. Conficker is building and maintaining a powerful network of enslaved computers, and machines infected with the worm can be made obey the whims of Conficker's unknown commanders. Its advanced peer-to-peer networking design makes the program's control network difficult for Internet providers to shut down. Today this strange worm constitutes a powerful overlay of control across an unknown vastness of Internet-connected computers. With the exception of distributing some small-time malware, however, it has been essentially dormant. Conficker is like an army, recruiting and training for two and a half years, with no history save for robbing the corner store.
Since Obama became potus its name has been changed to cottonpicker
The goal of a terrorist is to terrorize, whether it is done by doing a monstrous act, or by appearing to have the capabiliy to do it, even it if doesn’t happen.
The goal of a hacker to bragging rights.
Can we determine the motives or similar subjective aspects of the author of any bug, worm, malware?
Bookmark.
Unprotected promiscuous internet will eventually lead to
an STD -— SURFING TRANSMITTED DISEASE.
‘The goal of a hacker to bragging rights.”
Not true anymore. Many of them are state sponsored or connected to organized crime. They goal is to steal information worth money or to directly steal money.
Interesting name for anyone with even a superficial knowledge of the German language - uh, substitute “u” for “i”...hardly a coincident?
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. - Inigo Montoya
Hehe...Count Rugen? (With a little help from Wikipedia.)
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