Neowin News Feed for: Slammer

Serious Snort Bug Could Lead To Next Slammer

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 10:40:00 +0000

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... Read more...

Flaw could unleash another Slammer

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 10 Dec 2003 13:10:24 +0000

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... Read more...

South Korean Group Sues Microsoft Over Slammer

Wed, 07 May 2003 18:59:53 +0000

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... Read more...

SQL Slammer Used British code

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 03 Feb 2003 19:46:17 +0000

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... Read more...

BetaPlace: Office 11 MSDE Slammer Facts

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 03 Feb 2003 10:36:43 +0000

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... Read more...

Slammer fails to make January AV charts

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 03 Feb 2003 10:02:31 +0000

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... Read more...

Counting the cost of Slammer

Fri, 31 Jan 2003 22:05:07 +0000

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... Read more...

Slammer may not feed on Microsoft alone

Thu, 30 Jan 2003 11:12:56 +0000

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... Read more...