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 ...

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 ...

The SQL Slammer worm, also called Sapphire, targeted a known flaw in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and clogged Net traffic as it searched for vulnerable systems. The vendor released a patch for the flaw ...

Analyst firms have begun to weigh in with initial estimates of the damage done by the SQL Slammer worm, the virulent program that spread quickly throughout the Internet a week ago. On Thursday, London ...

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 ...

While organizations around the world this week scrambled to disinfect and patch systems that had been hit by the dangerous new W32.Blaster Internet worm, John Halamka could sit back and relax. “I’m ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

Security experts on Monday warned of the first self-propagating virus to take advantage of a widespread vulnerability reported last month in Microsoft’s Windows operating systems. Known by various ...

On January 25 th 2003, the Slammer worm exploited a vulnerability in SQL Server 2000, to execute a buffer overflow attack, affecting customers of Microsoft’s relational database management system.

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 ...

Effects of the "slammer" worm were felt in Western New York. Four or five machines at the University at Buffalo were infected, out of dozens that were potentially vulnerable to the attack, said ...