A vulnerability in the Snort open-source intrusion detection software puts companies at serious risk, the researcher who discovered the bug said Wednesday. "The vulnerability is very easy to exploit, and potentially quite workable," said Neel...
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A research company warned Tuesday that an attacker could use a recently patched Microsoft flaw to create a fast-moving worm similar to SQL Slammer, which spread rapidly across the Internet a year ago. Core Security...
We should be sueing those dossy admins that dont patch their systems up! "In a sign of users' increasing frustration with the security shortcomings of many software applications, a civic group in South...
Code from a UK security expert has emerged as the driving force behind the SQL Slammer worm that ravaged servers over the weekend. David Litchfield, co-founder of NGS Software, originally wrote the code to demonstrate...
Microsoft to be sued over SQL Slammer? Microsoft may be in court again but this time with a new twist. A civic group in Korea, People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD), has said it...
If you installed MSDE 2000 from the Beta 1 Office 11 CD for use with Access 11, your system may be at risk of spreading the slammer worm. Use the steps below to install...
The Slammer worm fails to make it into the monthly charts of AV firms this month - despite becoming arguably the most damaging Internet worm ever. The Avril worm topped the list...
Analyst firms have begun to weigh in with initial estimates of the damage done by the SQL Slammer worm, the virulent program that spread quickly throughout the Internet a week ago. On...
Microsoft products may not be alone in contributing to the spread of the SQL Slammer worm, security researchers said on Wednesday. Other companies also make products containing the Microsoft database software that...
