Slammer Worm Slams Microsofts Own

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Slammer Worm Slams Microsofts Own

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday January 28, 2003 @04:26AM from the oops-they-did-it-again dept.

MondoMor writes "Microsoft's forgot to patch some of its own servers to protect it from the months-old vulnerability exploited by the Slammer Worm, reports C|Net. Oops. Apparently Redmond's network was hit pretty hard. Just goes to show that no matter who you are, you'd better keep your apps patched." Update: 01/29 01:59 GMT by T : And if you're running systems which might be affected, take note: whitehorse writes "The Microsoft KB article for the Slammer patch found here has an incorrect URL for 'Download the patch' referring to KB Q316333 which is only a handle leak fix. The real patch may be found later in the article."

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Re:Possibly??? by calethix · 2003-01-28 04:29 · Score: 5, Funny

damn
i would've beat you if MS SQL wasn't slowing me down
10 bucks... by PFactor · 2003-01-28 04:34 · Score: 5, Funny

...says that patch management in Microsoft operating systems gets 100% better in 1 year :P

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1. Re:10 bucks... by Tingler · 2003-01-28 04:41 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I'll take that bet.
  
  Are you new to computers? :)
Somewhere, deep down in the bowels of Redwood City by instantkarma1 · 2003-01-28 04:35 · Score: 5, Funny

Larry Ellison is cackling like a little girl........
MS Tech guy by objekt · 2003-01-28 04:35 · Score: 5, Funny

(found on another forum) 01/25/2003 1:04:37 PM

"MSN was total messed up, I couldn't even log on to the net last night it said that my user name and passworded was invalid so I call them up and the tech guy says wow that's weird I can't ether."

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1. Re:MS Tech guy by sulli · 2003-01-28 05:08 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  and it was like BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP, and then, like, half the network was gone. It devoured the network.
  It was a really good network.
  
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Reports are coming in... by Chocolate+Teapot · 2003-01-28 04:48 · Score: 4, Funny

....of an horrific accident in Redmond, WA, in which the ever popular and much loved Slammer worm has become infected by a particularly pernicious dose of Windosis. A round-the-clock vigil has been in progress since Saturday, and the nations top experts have been called in to try to save Slammer. "17'5 700 34rLy 700 54y 1f w3 c4n 54v3 h1m" said pUrPle_rONniE, a pasty looking spokeman for the uninstall SWAT team. "w3 0wnz y00". This is only the 200,502,738th reported case of Windosis since 1982. The Department of Justice have yet to seal off the area to prevent further contamination.

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Title is incorrect. by redbeard_ak · 2003-01-28 05:21 · Score: 4, Funny

It should read "Slammer Worm Owns Microsoft" not "Slammer Worm Slams Microsofts Own".

I'm saying that from behind Microsoft's firewall - I should know.

It sure was a giggle on Monday seeing all the warning letters taped on every door and elevator in the building.

Most ops stuff seems up now - as up as they ever are ;) Still, there is some reporting I usually provide our team but my data source is still pooched.

Oh well... I can still browse slashdot.

I figure this post is blatant karma whoring, but if it helps some geek out there smile...

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All Computers Running SQL Server 2000 and

MSDE Required to Load SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3

say no more!

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Re:Microsoft didn't patch all their INTERNAL serve by r0ckflite · 2003-01-28 05:44 · Score: 4, Funny

Hmm, their internal developers had unlicensed copies of sqlserver installed on their systems? Hmm, looks like somebody needs a visit from the piracy police.

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Re:Reboot Boys Alert by Frobnicator · 2003-01-28 06:42 · Score: 4, Funny

On the plus side, that means that they haven't installed all the patches to their OS, many of which require reboots.
So... by announcing which ones have been running that long, they are announcing which ones are vulnerable to known attacks.
I guess they won't be on the list for long.... :)
frob

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