The malware, known as Murofet, is using Conficker s technique of generating thousands of new domains for updates every day, but doing it in a somewhat novel way. Both pieces of malware use a pre-determined algorithm to generate seemingly random domain names each day and attempt to contact those domains for new updates. It generates pseudo-random domain names based on the year, month, day, and minute of execution. The algorithm used for domain generation is simple, using the previously mentioned data, it generates two DWORD values. Each letter is then concatenated into a domain name.
Source: https://threatpost.com/new-malware-murofet-following-confickers-lead-101510/74577/