The threat from the Conficker worm still looms. Many security pundits have claimed that if the 5 million or so infected computers were to suddenly DDoS, it would easily be one of the largest DDoS attacks ever recorded. Microsoft’s bounty of US$ 250,000 for information leading to the arrest of the Conficker worm author still remains unclaimed.

Read more on this threat, and why it refuses to go away.

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