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Despite the apparent lack of activity from the Conficker worm today, the 1st of April, this threat is definitely not an April Fools joke.
The worm has in its body an embedded command to trigger its activity on April 1st. This command has thus been activated, prompting the worm to start communication with a randomly-generated number of domains out of the estimated daily total of 50,000 where the worm checks for instructions.
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The SANS Internet Storm Centre has reported a new version of the Flush.M DHCP server malware that first surfaced last December (2008). Whilst this won’t affect home users (unless you’re running a separate DHCP server) businesses may be at risk. The ISC state:
Like back then, after infecting its target, the malware installs a rogue DHCP server. The main goal of the DHCP server is to spread a bad DNS server IP address.
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More phishing attempts in the news today. Firstly the Revenue Commissioners have issues the following warning about a phishing email that's asking for personal information:
The Revenue Commissioners have today (16/03/09) warned of the existence of a fraudulent email purporting to come from Revenue seeking personal information from taxpayers in connection with a tax refund. The email asks the recipient to submit personal details including date of birth and debit/credit card details. This email did not issue from Revenue.
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