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In response to this announcement, Ram Mohan, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Afilias said:
“When botnets start being controlled through global, randomized domain names, you know things are heating up in cybercrime. This is the first time we've seen this evasive technique using domain names with a short life-span. Attackers are evolving and deploying ever more sophisticated techniques. As First Responders, we have a responsibility to take swift and sustained action. I am encouraged by the depth of collaboration in the first responder community. We need to stay together to provide a unified front against future attacks.”

Organizations involved in this collaborative effort include: Microsoft, Afilias, ICANN, Neustar, Verisign, CNNIC, Public Internet Registry, Global Domains International, Inc., M1D Global, AOL, Symantec, F-Secure, ISC, researchers from Georgia Tech, The Shadowserver Foundation, Arbor Networks and Support Intelligence.

The full text of Microsoft's press release can be found here.

More information on Conficker can be found at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conficker

http://www.microsoft.com/conficker

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