Conficker
Essential information
- Confidence
- 100/100
- Is family
- Yes
- Published
- 23/02/2021 21:50
- Modified
- 27/03/2026 01:05
- Revoked
- No
- Author / Source
- The MITRE Corporation
- Related entities
- 17 attack patterns (mitre)
Aliases
Kido Downadup
Description
[Conficker](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0608) is a computer worm first detected in October 2008 that targeted Microsoft Windows using the MS08-067 Windows vulnerability to spread.(Citation: SANS Conficker) In 2016, a variant of [Conficker](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0608) made its way on computers and removable disk drives belonging to a nuclear power plant.(Citation: Conficker Nuclear Power Plant)
Marking (TLP)
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