Conficker Worm Draws Counter Attack

In response to the Conficker worm’s massive infection of millions of PCs worldwide, industry heavyweights including Microsoft, Symantec and others today announced they’re forming a new team to fight back against the worm.

In addition to the team’s mission to grab domain names Conficker (aka Downadup) might try to use, Microsoft is offering a fat $250,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the worm. The reward is available to residents of any country, Microsoft says. Read the rest of this entry »