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International Business Times: “Years-old Conficker worm still a threat”
By Jesse Emspak | January 27, 2011 2:12 PM EST
A computer worm that first appeared more than two years ago is still a threat, even though security experts were successful in mitigating possible damage.
The Conficker worm, which originally appeared in 2008, is an example of a “botnet” type of malware. It infects a computer by being downloaded from the Internet or from a mass storage device that has a copy. Unlike malware that simply uses a host computer to send spam or steal personal information, Conficker is flexible – it can be asked to do a variety of things. That flexibility is what makes it so dangerous, according to a report from the Conficker Working Group, a team of experts that came together to tackle the malware.
Deterrence 2.0: Deterring Violent Non-State Actors in Cyberspace
Prepared for the US Strategic Command by the Office of the Secretary of Defense Research and Engineering’s Strategic Multi-Layer Analysis Team, Edited by Carl Hunt and Nancy Chesser; January, 2008
Foreword by James Fallows, Atlantic Magazine, January, 2008
The simplest point to make about the essays that follow is the most important: they are worth reading. The papers collected here offer a wide variety of perspectives, from different professional backgrounds, disciplines, and points of view. They complement each other – agreeing on some points, usefully disagreeing on others. They combine history, theory, sociology, and well informed technical discussion – plus in some cases pure and lively opinion. Together they do a good job of answering the question originally posed: about the effects of new technology and new dispersions of destructive power on the theory and practice of deterrence.
