computer worm today infested networks and bogged down Internet traffic
across the globe, crippling online services in one of the world's most wired
countries, South Korea.
Called "Slammer", the worm carries a self-regenerating mechanism that
enables it to multiply quickly across the Internet, said Mikko Hypponen,
manager of anti-virus research at F-Secure, the Helsinki based computer
security firm.
"It is so good at replicating that it generates massive amounts of traffic
that will slow down networks," Hypponen said." The end user never sees it.
They only experience the slowdown on the Net."
From Infoworld
A NEW WORM attacking a known vulnerability in Microsoft SQL 2000 Web servers
that has been slowing down or halting Internet traffic worldwide could prove
as tricky a nemesis as security foes 'Code Red' and 'Nimda,' according to
firms tracking the outbreak.
Recovering from the worm is easy, security firms agree: Installing Microsoft
Corp.'s recently released SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 solves the problem.
Some also recommend system administrators consider blocking traffic on port
1434 from unknown machines.
From Burleson
This new virus is
overloading the web, resulting in huge amounts of packet loss, and lost
communications for hundreds of Oracle-based systems. Even though your
server may have the patch, other infected web sites are acting as Denial of
Service (DOS) agents, sending millions of packets of garbage over the web.
Regards,
Don Burleson
www.dba-oracle.com
www.remote-dba.net
