[Am-info] Hybrid DDoS worm strikes MS servers

[Fred A. Miller]

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Hybrid DDoS worm strikes MS servers

" A known vulnerability in Microsoft SQL server systems is being 
targeted by a hybrid worm that combines a distributed denial of service 
attack (DDoS) with the automated propagation techniques used by worms 
such as Code Red.

U.S.-based security company SecurityFocus noticed a rapidly growing 
network of controlled agents known as bots on Tuesday, which reportedly 
increased by 600 percent in the space of six hours. The bots were being 
used to launch DDoS attacks on systems wrongly configured with 
Microsoft SQL Server software."

http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2826892,00.html

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Fred A. Miller
Systems Administrator
Cornell Univ. Press Services
fm@cupserv.org

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