An expert on computer security Conficker Working Group Rodney Joffe, when cleaning computers from malicious worm Conficker IT-administrators are often overlooked one potential source of reinfection. According to him, should pay more attention to other devices permanently connected to the network - such as printers.
Some printers use an operating system based on Windows, to automatically connect with suppliers of consumables, cartridges when resources are at an end, and these printers can not even figure in the network as the computers and this makes them vulnerable to the virus.
"Conficker" affects all Windows-devices in the network, which means that devices such as network printers can be a source of rapid re-infection, even if the organization already had an expensive procedure for cleaning each computer on your network.
Such re-infection is difficult to detect because these devices are no consoles, allowing to inspect the operating system, so the blame for the re-infection is often passed on to external sources, such as removable disk drives.
Therefore, administrators must re-examine the structure of its network to ensure that all network devices over which they do not have full control, carefully isolated.
Joffe cautioned commercial organizations that they have no illusions about by the fact that the problem is solved Conficker or no longer a threat. According to him, Conficker able not only to disable the entire network, as was the case in Ealing, but remain robust botnet that its creators may still be used to steal sensitive information or conducting cyber attacks.
In addition, he emphasized the outstanding contribution that an organization Conficker Working Group has made in the development of international cooperation in the field of cybernetic solutions of problems.
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