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Conficker copycat: Old worm using new tactics

Neeris, which harks to May 2005, is now exploiting the same Windows bug that Conficker put to good use, researchers say. Researchers say it is spreading through flash drives, another Conficker characteristic. Researchers: It’s now exploiting a Windows bug and is spreading on flash drives. Neeri is an old, but little-known worm that raised a ruckus last week, Microsoft security researchers said late Friday. Read the full story on CNN.com’s Computerworld News.

Source: https://threatpost.com/conficker-copycat-old-worm-using-new-tactics-040509/72440/

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