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Don't Forget That Worms Happen Everywhere

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-think-about dept.

friday2k writes "Securityfocus has a nice column on Worms and their origin in 1988. It explains what everybody should never forget. We have dealt with *NIX worms (Sadmind, li0n, ...) and they will come back again. Maybe then the MS fanatics will laugh and say: didn't we always tell you Open Source is insecure (too?) ..."

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  1. It is all about the Admins by cansecofan22 · · Score: 4, Redundant

    No matter if it is a DOS attack or a worm or any other kind of attack. No matter what OS you are supporting and using if you as an Admin dont have the proper service packs and updates installed then your OS will be a victim sooner or later. Having competinent people running the shop is where it is all at. If you look at the latest worms, Red Hat's and MS's, they could BOTH be avoided by updating software.

    Sorry about the spelling, I really need to get a spell checker plugin for /. posts!

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