Re: Leaked memo says Conficker pwns UK Parliament

[Amrit Williams <johndoe321 () gmail com>]

when did it become a "superworm"?

Common problem though - trying to manage and secure remote, intermittently
connected computing devices that the organization may or may not own but
access corporate resources - I blogged about it recently (w/funny Kevin
Bacon pic)

*http://tinyurl.com/d43mwk*

BTW - not sure it was posted but this is a great site
http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org - props to those involved for finally
putting the good guys on the right side of the OODA loop =)

Amrit

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Juha-Matti Laurio <
juha-matti.laurio () netti fi> wrote:

> "The House of Commons IT systems has reportedly been infected by the
> infamous Conficker superworm,
> which has previously infected millions of Windows PCs and affected the
> operation of hospitals, military and large corporate systems.
>
> Political blog Dizzy Thinks first reported that a memo (below) sent out to
> parliamentary IT network users
> on Tuesday night warned that Conficker had disrupted the operation of
> parliamentary systems."
> --clip--
>
> From the memo mentioned:
>
> "We are unable to clean PCs and portable computers which are either not
> switched on or which are not authorised devices.
> We therefore ask that if you are running a PC or portable computer not
> authorised to be on the Network that you take it off immediately.
>
> * An additional characteristic of this virus is that for some types of
> files it can skip direct to the Network
> from a USB memory stick or other portable storage device (e.g. mp3 players)
> without hitting the virus checker software.
> We ask that for the time being you do not use memory sticks or any other
> portable storage devices on the Parliamentary Network."
>
> More at
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/27/conficker_parliament_infection/
>
> Juha-Matti
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