Fri, Feb 13 2009 4:39 Don

Microsoft offers $250k reward, forms alliance to fight worm

Microsoft this morning announced a $250,000 reward and an industry alliance in an effort to stop the spread of the Conficker worm, which targets a Windows Server service vulnerability that the company patched last October. The worm, also known as Downadup, has continued to spread by infecting unpatched systems.

The reward is being offered for information leading to the people who released the worm. The vulnerability targeted by the worm lets an attacker take full control of an unpatched system over a network. The Redmond company has used reward money in the past to track down people who release high-profile worms, with some success.

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