Several federal agencies were able to stave off a fast-moving Internet worm that wreaked havoc on networks worldwide over the weekend. Known as the SQL Slammer, the worm caused high central processing ...

It has been said that we’re all but food for the worms. In the rush to create a worldwide network, we have once again rendered ourselves food for worms, albeit an entirely different kind of worm, in a ...

The difference between a virus and a worm is not semantic. A virus waits for a user to trigger it; a worm exploits ...

• Case-1: A server on the control center LAN running SQL was not patched. The worm did not reach the server via the organization’s connection to the Internet. It did apparently migrate through the ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. It appears that the alarming rate with which the SQL Slammer Worm moved over the globe now "[makes] ...

Cash machines froze. Airlines and hospitals dusted off paper forms to schedule reservations and track patients. This was the scene on Jan. 25, 2003, shortly after the Slammer worm appeared and quickly ...

• A worm targeting a flaw in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 database software clogged Internet traffic worldwide Saturday as it searched for vulnerable systems, security experts said. The FBI was ...

BOSTON — Still patching your SQL Server databases? Well, be sure not to miss the post-Slammer sale! The new W32.Slammer worm, a nuisance for network administrators worldwide, has turned into a ...