;p>Microsoft is again urging users to apply a patch for a vulnerability in the Windows Server service. The company reported earlier that a new variant of the Conficker worm has surfaced to target the flaw. Microsoft
advised organizations yet again to deploy the patch for a flaw affecting
the Windows Server service that was fixed in October.
The latest attacks are coming courtesy of a new variant of the Conficker
worm, identified by Microsoft as Win32/Conficker.B.
According to the company, the variant is hitting machines that have not applied
the fix, while also spreading via network shares by attempting to log in to
machines using a list of weak passwords.
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