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New "SQLsnake" Microsoft Worm

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the beware-the-worm-snake dept.

sevenn writes "A new worm, targeting the Microsoft SQL daemon, has been sweeping the net. It uses massive scanning, default passwords, exploits against vulnerable versions and even attempts to brute force passwords. Here is the (vague) Microsoft bulliten, the SANS analysis, and a securityfocus article" Already over a thousand compromised system- you're apparently only vulnerable if you run MS SQL, but the worm is causing a substantial spike in traffic to port 1433 on the net.

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  1. first post by mydigitalself · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    finally!
    or not
    damn the 20 second thing...

  2. The Buffoon And The Dean Of Admissions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "And now a buffoon's meeting with the dean of admissions at a prestigious college."

    [Dean:] "Well Michael, I would like to extend my warmest congratulations on your upcoming graduation and I understand you are interested in matriculating here in the fall."

    [Buffoon:] "I got a snake, man!"

  3. Re:Ask Slashdot: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I would react thusly : "Wow, a long lost sister I never knew I had until now. This is so exciting it has driven thoughts of incest of my mind. I must phone my Mother immediately to find out what's going on"