On Wednesday, the ShadowServer Foundation took the wraps off a revamped statistics page, showing how far the three main variants of Conficker have spread and the degree to which the world’s networks are infected. More than 12,000 networks, as represented by their autonomous system numbers (ASNs), show signs of infection by Conficker. The ShadowServer Foundation limited their displayed data to the top 500 networks.
“Our major goal is to show how far and wide Conficker has spread and where Conficker really has a foothold,” said André DiMino, founder and director of the ShadowServer Foundation.
The team of volunteer researchers, which helped to establish the Conficker Working Group early this year, collects data from its member organizations.
The ShadowServer data groups Conficker into two classes. Conficker A+B consists of the first two variants of the program, which attempt to spread automatically. Conficker C, a variant that appeared in March, has no way to propagate unless it is updated. Overall, the number Internet addresses showing signs of infection by Conficker A+B are increasing, while signs of Conficker C infection are decreasing.
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