Robert Westervelt at SearchSecurity.com reports that several efforts are ongoing to find the authors of the Conficker botnet.

“Security expert Mikko Hyppönen, chief research officer at F-Secure Corp., said he is aware of several ongoing investigations, but was asked specifically not to leak details about them,” Westervelt writes. “He said investigators have to be especially careful not to leak information because security researchers have determined that the cybercriminals behind Conficker are staying informed.”

“Hyppönen is a member of the Conficker Working Group, a consortium of security researchers, registrars, ISPs and law enforcement,” Westervelt adds. “The group continues to monitor the botnet for signs of life, but so far they haven’t heard a peep out of the remaining several million infected zombie machines.”

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